The head of the Polish Ministry of Defense announced the exact timing of the delivery of Leopard tanks to Ukraine
Poland will supply Ukraine with German Leopard tanks by mid-March.
This information was announced by the head of the Polish Ministry of Defense, Mariusz Blaszczak, on February 14 following a meeting with partners in the North Atlantic Alliance in Brussels.
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When will Ukraine receive tanks?
As the minister said, Ukrainian tank crews are currently undergoing training in Poland.
The tanks will arrive in Ukraine in March. As early as mid-March, assistance will be provided, – said the head of the Polish defense department.
He noted that Poland is now forming a coalition of countries that have Leopard 2A4 tanks, and Germany has Leopard 2A6 tanks.
According to the minister, the tank coalition is expanding: today Norway has joined it, and work is underway to join Finland.
Today the Finnish minister said that he is close to such a decisionBlaszczak said.
Poland was one of the first countries to advocate the transfer of tanks to Ukraine, and actively promoted this initiative, proposing the creation of a tank coalition.
On January 25, the German government announced the transfer of 14 Leopard tanks to Ukraine and the issuance of re-export permits to other countries. German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius promised to send the tanks by the end of March.
The USA, Canada, Great Britain, France, Spain, Slovakia and other countries also announced deliveries of tanks to Ukraine. As the first batch, Ukraine expects to receive about 140 tanks from 12 countries.
