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During a golf outing in Scotland, President Trump was protected by a newly revealed armored Polaris Ranger UTV, dubbed 'Golf Force One,' part of the presidential fleet, designed to provide ballistic protection and rapid escape in case of threats, reflecting heightened security measures following previous assassination attempts and threats.
A 24-year-old US soldier was killed when the armored vehicle she was traveling in collided with a civilian semitruck on a highway in Germany. The soldier, who was looking out of the roof hatch at the time of the collision, was struck in the head by the heavy hatch and later died in the hospital. This marks the second tactical vehicle crash involving Army troops in Bavaria in less than a week during training, and the third motor vehicle-related death of a US soldier in the German state this year.
A video circulating on social media shows a Ukrainian T-72 tank backing over and crushing a friendly International M1224 MaxxPro armored vehicle. The cause of the incident is unclear, but it may have occurred near the front line in the southwestern Donetsk region. The MaxxPro is a mine-resistant vehicle designed to withstand blasts from IEDs and fire from rocket-propelled grenades. The US has supplied Ukraine with several hundred MaxxPro vehicles, and according to open-source intelligence, Kyiv's troops have seen 41 MaxxPro vehicles either destroyed, damaged, captured, or abandoned.
Photos posted on social media show a Russian BTR-82A armored vehicle destroyed by a Ukrainian anti-tank mine, resulting in the deaths of the driver and commander. The gunner survived and is undergoing treatment. The location of the incident is unclear, but Ukraine recently claimed to have destroyed over 100 Russian tanks and armored vehicles in the Vuhledar region. Amid the ongoing conflict, there have been conflicting reports from both sides. The Ukraine Defense Ministry also reported that Russia was transporting prisoners towards the Donetsk region.