The lack of military equipment due to the wear and tear he is having Russia since the beginning of the invasion in UkraineThe Ukrainian government, which has been in power for 1,000 days, has taken its president, Vladimir Putinto resort to creative measures, such as rescuing for its army dozens of Soviet tanks that were destined to to be used in the cinema.
As detailed this week by Karen Shakhnazarov, executive director of Russia’s oldest and largest film studio, Mosfilm, last year they donated dozens of tanks and other armored vehicles Soviet-era tanks and other armored vehicles to the Russian Army.
Specifically, the facilities of these film studios housed a total of. 28 T-55 tankseight PT-76 light tanks, six infantry fighting vehicles and other military equipment.
“I learned that there was a needI contacted the Defense Ministry and they took these vehicles,” Shakhnazarov said at a meeting with Putin in the Kremlin last Wednesday, according to The Moscow Times.
Although Shakhnazarov has not clarified whether any of these Soviet-era tanks had been deployed on the battlefield in UkraineIn the past year, several reports have already pointed out that Russia had had to resort to tanks from the 1950s. to continue fighting in Ukraine.
In addition, the CEO of Russia’s largest film studios also assured this week that Mosfilm had donated so far in 2024 a total of 6 million rubles (about 57,000 euros at the exchange rate). for war needs of Russia.