Despite international economic sanctions against Russia following the invasion of Ukraine, during Army-2023, an international defense exhibition that was held near Moscow in August 2023, the Russian defense industry unveiled a new version of the BTR-82A equipped with the new remotely operated weapon station "Ballista" and enhanced with new armor using the combat experience gained in Ukraine.
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