“Many thanks to President (Poland Andrzej) Duda, the Polish government and all our Polish friends,” Mr Zelenskiy said after talks with the Pole as well as his Lithuanian counterpart Gitanas Nowseda in the western city of Lviv .
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky welcomed Poland’s initiative to send Leopard 2 tanks to the Ukrainian armed forces in his speech last night.
“Many thanks to President (Poland Andrzej) Duda, the Polish government and all our Polish friends,” Mr Zelenskiy said after talks with the Pole as well as his Lithuanian counterpart Gitanas Nowseda in the western city of Lviv .
Western-made tanks will “level up” the capabilities of the Ukrainian army, he assured.
Mr Duda said after the leaders’ meeting that Warsaw had decided to offer Leopard 2 tanks to form an armored force, and wanted more from a “coalition”.
In the Polish army, the tank group consists of 14 tanks.
Mr Duda acknowledged that the supply was subject to “a whole series of formal arrangements and approvals”.
The Leopard 2s are produced by the German arms industry; Berlin approval is required for their delivery.
Mr Duda insisted that Warsaw was seeking to form an “international coalition” of countries willing to contribute such armored vehicles as well.
For his part, Mr. Nauceda stated that Lithuania intends to send in particular more anti-aircraft weapons to Kyiv.
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