The destroyed Russian military equipment exhibition is an open air exhibition on Mykhailivska Square in Kyiv. [1] It was opened on 21 May 2022, and features Russian military equipment that was captured and destroyed during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. [2] [3] [4]
According to the official website of the president of Ukraine, exhibits include a Pantsir-S1 self-propelled anti-aircraft artillery system, a T-72B3 tank, a BMD-2 infantry fighting vehicle, a BMD-4 turret, an electronic warfare vehicle and the remains of a Tigr infantry mobility vehicle. Most of this equipment was used during the Kyiv offensive. [5]
The Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky showed the exhibition to the prime minister of the United Kingdom Boris Johnson during the latter's visit to Ukraine on 17 June 2022. [6]
It was reported that the exhibition on Mykhailivska Square would become part of the exposition of the National Military Historical Museum of Ukraine. [7]
On 20 August 2022, a similar, but larger exhibition opened on Kyiv's central Khreshchatyk street. [8] According to Ukraine's minister of defense Oleksii Reznikov, the exhibition on Khreshchatyk consisted of about 80 Russian military equipment units, destroyed and captured in various regions of Ukraine, including T-90, T-80 and T-72 tanks, self-propelled artillery systems, rocket artillery, armored vehicles, Pantsir-S1 missile system, TOS-1A Solntsepyok, Hosta self-propelled howitzer, etc. [9]