Last Updated: March 28, 2023, 01:48 IST
(*2*)Germany agreed in January to produce the Leopard 2 tanks, thought to be among the many greatest within the West’s arsenal. (Image: Reuters)
Germany agreed in January to produce the tanks, thought to be among the many greatest within the West’s arsenal
The 18 Leopard 2 battle tanks pledged by Germany to help Ukraine in its battle towards Russia have arrived in Ukraine, the German Defence Ministry mentioned on Monday.
Germany agreed in January to produce the tanks, thought to be among the many greatest within the West’s arsenal, overcoming misgivings about sending heavy weaponry that Kyiv says is essential to defeat Russia’s invasion however Moscow casts as a harmful provocation.
“I’m sure that they can make a decisive contribution on the front,” German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius mentioned in a tweet.
Besides the 18 tanks, 40 German Marder infantry combating automobiles, and two armoured restoration automobiles had additionally reached Ukraine, a safety supply mentioned.
The German military educated the Ukrainian tank crews in addition to the troops assigned to function the Marder automobiles for a number of weeks in Muenster and Bergen in northern Germany.
As properly because the German automobiles, three Leopard tanks donated by Portugal additionally reached Ukraine, the safety supply mentioned.
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