The head of the German government, Olaf Scholz, confirmed that delivered the Leopard tanks it had promised after insistent demands. For his part, the Ukrainian Defense Minister, Oleksii Reznikov, announced the arrival of the first British Challenger tanks.
Reznikov stated that “challengers British, Strykers and Cougars Americans and Marders Germans” had joined the Ukrainian units.
defense minister had announced hours earlier that Ukrainian soldiers finished their training in the UK to know how to handle the 14 Challenger tanks sent by London to kyiv.
The United Kingdom, one of the first countries to support Ukraine after the start of the Russian invasion, also announced in February that would train Ukrainian fighter pilotsopening the door to the supply of aircraft.
On the German side, Scholz responded at a press conference in Rotterdam, the Netherlands: “Yes, we deliver Leopard tanks, as advertised“. The announcement was made together with Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, when asked about revelations released today by the German weekly Der Spiegel.
As they pointed out from that medium, they sent 18 tanks, and the last vehicles left Germany at the end of last week and “already delivered.”
About 40 Marder infantry fighting vehicles they were also supplied, Der Spiegel added, revealing that the German government was keeping the itinerary of the shipment “secret” “for security reasons.”
“According to information from security circles, Leopard tanks are delivered to Ukraine with a comprehensive set of weapons and spare parts“added the same source.
Source: Ambito
