Ukraine is becoming a scrapheap for Russian tanks

Destroyed Russian tanks and military vehicles are seen dumped in Bucha, Ukraine, May 16, 2022.  REUTERS/Jorge Silva

Destroyed Russian tanks and military vehicles are seen dumped in Bucha, Ukraine, May 16.  REUTERS/Jorge Silva

A child stands on a destroyed Russian tank near Makariv, Kyiv region, Ukraine May 7. REUTERS/Mikhail Palinchak

Ukrainian soldiers walk next to destroyed Russian tanks and armored vehicles in Bucha, in Kyiv region, Ukraine, April 6. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis

Destroyed Russian tanks and military vehicles are seen dumped in Bucha, Ukraine, May 16.  REUTERS/Jorge Silva

Wrecks of a Russian Armoured Personnel Carriers (APC) and military vehicles are seen near Kyiv, March 29. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich

A Russian main battle tank T-90M Proryv destroyed by Ukrainian Armed Forces near the village of Staryi Saltiv, in Kharkiv region, Ukraine, May 9. REUTERS/Vitalii Hnidyi

People pose for a picture in front of the debris of Russian military machinery destroyed in the village of Rusaniv, Kyiv region, Ukraine, April 25. REUTERS/Vladyslav Musiienko

Destroyed Russian military vehicles are seen on a street in the settlement of Borodyanka, in the Kyiv region, March 3. REUTERS/Maksim Levin

Destroyed Russian tanks are seen in the Sumy region, Ukraine, March 7. Irina Rybakova/Press service of the Ukrainian Ground Forces

Scavengers search for useful metal parts in a destroyed Russian tank outside Kyiv, April 20. REUTERS/Jorge Silva

A Ukrainian service member inspects the remains of a destroyed Russian T-72 tank in the village of Lukianivka, in Kyiv region, Ukraine, March 27.  REUTERS/Serhii Nuzhnenko

A soldier takes a photograph of his comrade as he poses beside a destroyed Russian tank and armored vehicles in Bucha, Kyiv region, Ukraine, April 2. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra

Destroyed Russian tanks and military vehicles are seen dumped in Bucha, Ukraine, May 16.   REUTERS/Jorge Silva

A destroyed Russian tank's turret is seen stuck in the ground in Zalissia, Kyiv region, Ukraine, May 3. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra

A Ukrainian serviceman walks past the wreck of a Russian tank in the village of Lukyanivka outside Kyiv, March 27. REUTERS/Marko Djurica

A man jumps from a Russian T-72 tank in the village of Yahidne, Ukraine, April 20.  REUTERS/Vladyslav Musiienko

A charred Russian tank is seen on the front line in the Kyiv region, Ukraine, March 20. Ukrainian Ground Forces/via REUTERS

A charred Russian tank is seen, amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in the Sumy region, Ukraine, March 7. Irina Rybakova/Press service of the Ukrainian Ground Forces

A Ukrainian serviceman stands near the wreck of a Russian Armored Personnel Carrier on the front line in the Kyiv region, Ukraine, March 28. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich

A police officer films a damaged Russian artillery tank in Trostianets, Sumy region, Ukraine, April 15. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra

A destroyed Russian armored fighting vehicle in the village of Lukianivka, in Kyiv region, Ukraine, March 27.  REUTERS/Serhii Nuzhnenko

A Russian main battle tank T-90M Proryv destroyed by Ukrainian Armed Forces is seen near the village of Staryi Saltiv, in Kharkiv region, Ukraine, May 9. REUTERS/Vitalii Hnidyi

Wrecks of Russian Armored Personnel Carriers (APC) in the north Kyiv region, March 28, 2022.REUTERS/Gleb Garanich

Ukrainian servicemen are seen next to a destroyed armored vehicle, which they said belongs to the Russian army, outside Kharkiv, February 24. REUTERS/Maksim Levin

A wreck of a Russian Armoured Personnel Carriers (APC) on the front line in the Kyiv region, Ukraine, March 28. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich

A destroyed Russian tank is seen beside a house in Dmytrivka village, west of Kyiv, April 1. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra

A Ukrainian service member stands next to destroyed Russian military vehicles in the village of Dmytrivka in Kyiv region, April 1.  REUTERS/Oleksandr Klymenko

An interior view shows a destroyed Russian Army all-terrain infantry mobility vehicle Tigr-M (Tiger) on a road in Kharkiv, Ukraine, February 28. REUTERS/Vitaliy Gnidyi

The wreck of a Russian tank is seen in the village of Lukyanivka outside Kyiv, Ukraine, March 27. REUTERS/Marko Djurica

A Ukrainian soldier looks at part of a destroyed Russian military vehicle, in the village of Husarivka, in Kharkiv region, Ukraine, April 14. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis

Destroyed Russian tanks and military vehicles are seen dumped in Bucha, Ukraine, May 16. REUTERS/Jorge Silva