Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dimitro Kuleba has reported that the Ukrainian Armed Forces will receive 120-140 battle tanks as part of the first round of tank supplies confirmed by Western powers.
As detailed by the representative of the Ukrainian diplomacy, Kiev is counting on receiving such Western models as German Leopard, British Challenger, American Abrams and even French Leclerc.
Thus, Kuleba took the opportunity to emphasize once again that the so-called «coalition of tanks» is a huge victory not only for the army in defending itself against Russian attacks, but also a remarkable achievement for the prestige of Ukrainian diplomacy itself.
Regarding this group of countries committed to supplying tanks to Ukraine, Kuleba has reported that, at the moment, it consists of up to twelve nations, some of which have yet to resolve internal issues to ensure their support for Kiev.
«Ukraine is working both to expand the composition of the ‘tank coalition’ and to increase the contributions of already declared participants,» Minister Kuleba has settled, UNIAN news agency reports.
The German government last week unblocked the shipment of Leopard tanks to Ukraine by third countries with these battle tanks in possession, and announced that Berlin would also join in these supplies. Shortly thereafter, the United States also confirmed the shipment of more than thirty Abrams tanks.
Source: (EUROPA PRESS)
