Ukraine will receive 120 to 140 Western tanks in the first wave of aid. This was stated by the Minister of Foreign Affairs Dmytro Kuleba during an online briefing.
The specified number refers to the German Leopard 2, the American M1 Abrams and the British Challenger 2. French Leclercs are expected in the future, if Paris agrees to the transfer.
Kuleba added that Ukrainian diplomats are currently working on increasing the number of tanks from partners, as well as on the issue of the supply of fighter jets and long-range missiles that reach targets at a distance of up to 300 kilometers.
"This is not a weapon of escalation, it is a weapon of defense and deterrence of the aggressor. We are in active negotiations to unlock all of these solutions. I have ordered all our diplomats in key capitals to make achieving this goal a priority," the minister noted.
- Ukraine will receive Leopard 2 tanks as part of the so-called tank coalition (more than 80 units will be transferred), which will be joined by 12 countries that operate these machines, 31 Abrams from the United States after modernization at the General Dynamics plant, and 14 Challenger 2 machines. Ukrainian tankers have already arrived in Britain for training.
- At the end of January, the ambassador of Ukraine to France Vadym Omelchenko informed that Western countries had officially confirmed the transfer of 321 tanks to Ukraine, including modernized Soviet models.