How hero Ukrainian mechanics are blitzing Russian troops with their OWN tanks and missiles in Putin’s shambolic invasion

HERO Ukrainian mechanics are repairing Russian tanks to be used by their own forces against the invaders. Vladimir Putin’s forces have lost thousands of vehicles in the war in Ukraine, including around 600 tanks and over 1700 other armoured vehicles. TwitterA Russian tank now in the hands of Ukrainian forces[/caption] Many of their burnt out shells now litter the landscape after being blasted by Kyiv’s forces. But ingenious Ukrainian mechanics have also been at working repairing ones that have been salvaged. In factories as well as small workshops, staff are being redirected to repairing equipment captured from Russian forces in the fighting. “We will remake the weapons so the barrels will be directed at the enemy’s side, not ours,” Kyiv garage owner Oleksandr Fedchecnko told the Daily Mail. READ MORE ON UKRAINE FIGHT BACK Moment 'arms depot' in Russia hit by 'Ukrainian missile' sparking huge explosion BLOODY CARNAGE Raging Putin sees 8th colonel killed & ‘loses 17k troops’ Humiliatingly for Russian forces, many of their abandoned tanks have been towed from the battlefield by farmers in their tractors. A special unit army unit has been tasked with repairing captured equipment in a Kyiv junkyard with the Ukrainian flag painted over the infamous Russian Z. Yuri Golodov, the unit’s deputy commander, says has been responsible for 24 Uragan missiles fired back at Russian forces. It comes as… Terrified Roman Abramovich asked if he was going to die after being poisoned by a deadly WWI chemical agent.Russia has said it is to “drastically reduce” forces near the Ukrainian capital Kyiv as its invasion continues to falter.Putin “must think we were born yesterday” if he thinks Britain believes his troops are pulling out of Kyiv.A suspected arms depot was allegedly hit by a Ukrainian missile, sparking firework-like explosions.Russia has reportedly lost a seventh colonel since the start of fighting in another major blow to Putin’s army.Putin has re-opened Bond-villain style military bases deep inside the Arctic Circle.Chechnya’s fighters arrived in Ukraine with a fearsome reputation, but have faced bloody slaughter on the battlefield, reports claim.Paranoid Putin and his inner circle are reportedly living in top-secret nuclear bunkers as the bloody war unfolds in Ukraine.  “Everything that we take away from the Russian army, we transfer to the armed forces of Ukraine,” he says. The Ukrainian’s task is helped by its forces using many of the same type of tanks as their Russian foes. Most read in News PEACE? Putin must think we were born yesterday says Defence Sec after Kyiv pull-out claim ARTHUR EDWARDS Harry couldn’t take a few days off from Netflix or his hens to honour Phil COOL OFF Snow to hit Britain tomorrow and may fall as far south as LONDON HELPING 'AND Queen 'proved Andrew remains favourite child with gesture at Philip's service' F1 BOSS DEATH Max Mosley, 81, 'shot himself' in the head after terminal cancer diagnosis VICTORY IN SIGHT? Putin 'drastically' WITHDRAWS troops from Kyiv in sign Ukraine is winning They operate least two models that the Russians also use, the T-72 and the T-80. In fact according to some calculations, Ukraine now has more tanks than at the start of the invasion thanks ones it has captured. Its army has lost at least 74 tanks since Russia invaded but has captured at least 117 Russian tanks, reports Forbes, quoting open source intelligence analysts. Tanks are now the only weapons being turned on the Russians. State defence company Ukroboronprom is now offering a $1million reward for any aircraft it receives. The company says it has “mastered the repair of Russian trophy equipment”. Factories are working “around the clock’” to get anti-aircraft missile systems and multiple rocket launchers back onto the battlefield. Read More on The Sun ROM'S HORROR Scared Abramovich ‘asked “are we dying?” after being poisoned with WWI toxin’ 'ARROGANT & POMPOUS' Strictly’s Aljaz 'verbally lashed out and upset crew before he quit' President Volodymyr Zelensky recently said Russia has become one of the main suppliers of arms to their enemy. “They could not imagine such a thing in a nightmare,” he said. 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