 Ukraine to use Abrams tanks for well-planned operation. Kharilov Budenov, head of Ukraine's main directorate of intelligence, said that Ukraine will use Abrams tanks, the first of which should be in Ukraine next week, for well-planned breakthrough operations. He said this in an interview with The Warzone. Budenov said that now on the battlefield the use of armored vehicles in almost all major fronts is minimized. The reason for this is anti-tank minefields, which are a problem for tracked vehicles and a large number of FPV kamikaze drones that can hit equipment. Now, according to Budenov, armored vehicles are used only for evacuation or for the rapid transformation of infantry teams to a certain place. However, they do not participate in hostilities. Answering the journalist's question about whether, in that case, the Abrams tanks, the first part of which would be in Ukraine next week, will be effective, Budenov replied that they are very much expected in Ukraine. They should be used in a very tailored way for very specific well-crafted operations because if they are used at the front line and just in the combined arms fight, they will not live very long on the battlefield. They need to be used in those breakthrough operations, but very well-prepared, he added. When asked by the journalist whether Budenov is sure of this, given the June situation near Mala Tokmachka, where a certain number of armored vehicles were destroyed, the head of Ukrainian intelligence denied this information. Actually, there wasn't that much material that was destroyed. There was a lot of damaged material, and by now it's repaired. The number of those that were destroyed was not that high, but it's the very example we've just talked about. So, if we just deploy some battalion tank groups into the battlefield somewhere, just as long as it gets under the range of artillery it will get hit, he said.