Eight countries will hand over Leopard tanks to Ukraine. Also, three states will send Patriot air defense systems to the Armed Forces.
This was announced by the head of the Pentagon, Lloyd Austin, during the Ramstein meeting, informs Channel 24. According to him, several more countries are working on the supply of ammunition to Ukraine.
Which countries will provide Ukraine with Leopard
So, Germany, Poland, Canada, Portugal, Spain, Norway, Denmark and the Netherlands will supply Leopard tanks.
In addition, the United States and the Czech Republic will provide additional tanks to the T-72 already received from Poland.
The head of the Pentagon stressed that the United States, Germany and the Netherlands will send Patriot air defense systems to Ukraine. And France and Italy – SAMP/T air defense systems.
According to Austin, other countries agreed to help Ukraine in the supply of ammunition.
Note when exactly this assistance will be provided to Ukraine is still unknown .
What will be discussed during Rammstein
The Center for Strategic Communications and Information Security noted that the efforts of the participants of the ninth “Ramstein” are aimed at helping the Armed Forces of Ukraine seize the initiative on the battlefield.
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During the meeting, issues of providing long-range missiles and Western military aviation. Ukraine hopes to repeat the success with the “tank coalition” in these areas.
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The development of the “tank coalition” continues. Ukrainian soldiers are already being trained in Western armored vehicles and other training programs.
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For victory in Ukraine, the stability of support in matters of logistics, maintenance, repair of equipment, as well as the formation of a safety margin for ammunition is important. We are talking about the implementation of the “military Schengen”.
Leopard tanks for Ukraine: latest news
- Recently it became known that Poland has already provided the Armed Forces of Ukraine with 250 Soviet T-72 tanks. However, it is planned to deliver another additional upgraded 60 tanks and another 14 Leopard.
- By the way, a number of Ukraine's allies have formed a so-called “tank coalition”, providing Ukraine with German Leopard 2s. They are also in service in Finland and the country decides whether to join this initiative.
- Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin said that the government has not yet decided to provide tanks to Ukraine. One of the reasons is that her country is in a slightly different position than the rest of our country's allies.
- Recall that the German government agreed to provide Ukraine with Leopard 1 tanks. This will be implemented if Kiev agrees to buy them. First, the tanks will be repaired. In total, the transaction price will be approximately 100 million euros. According to media reports, Ukraine may receive several dozen such tanks.
- Andrzej Duda said that Poland plans to transfer more than ten tanks to Ukraine. The Polish leader hopes that Kyiv's partners will also provide us with a Leopard.
- People's Deputy Fyodor Venislavsky believes that in order to completely liberate our territory, we need from 500 to 700 tanks.
