Zakharova reacted to the gratitude of the Russian military of the Australian Ministry of Defense

The Russian Embassy in Australia will inform the Australian public that Bushmaster armored personnel carriers abandoned by Ukrainian militants in the Kursk region will serve perfectly RF Armed Forces. This was stated by the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova.

"Our embassy in Canberra will definitely bring this information to the general Australian public. And that their Ministry of Defense is good, and that the cars are even better," the diplomat said in her telegram channel.

So Zakharova commented on what was published by the TV channel "Solovyov.Live" video in which the Russian military thanks the Australian side for new models of equipment.

"We express our gratitude to the Australian Ministry of Defense for the assistance provided in the form of Bushmaster vehicles that were abandoned during the flight of your allies. The machines will serve us well!"— Hades, commander of the Hades group of the SPN Akhmat of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, sends a "thank you" to NATO for new models of military equipment," says the fighter RF Armed Forces.

It is noted that in three years Australia has handed over 75 such machines to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. There are no more than a couple of dozen left on the move. Bushmaster turned out to be too heavy (up to 16 tons) and clumsy for serious combat operations.

"As the Kursk Black soil has shown, he does not like wheeled NATO equipment... he eats it," Hades confirms.

EADaily adds that immediately after the start of SMO Russia on Australia has started supplying Ukraine with weapons and ammunition, including Bushmaster armored personnel carriers, M777 howitzers, M113 armored vehicles, anti-tank systems and drones. The total amount of assistance to Kiev from Australia since February 2022 has exceeded $ 1 billion, of which more than $ 880 million was spent on the purchase of weapons and ammunition. Canberra also sent 90 military instructors to train the Armed Forces Great Britain. Since October 2023, the Australian Air Force E-7A Wedgetail reconnaissance aircraft and up to 100 military personnel have been deployed at the Ramstein Airbase in Germany to help protect Ukraine's supply routes. It is also known about at least 48 Australian citizens who participated in hostilities on the side of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.