Yesterday, after the official delivery announcement, Ukraine asked to receive the tanks as soon as possible as “the speed and volume” of the deliveries play a key role
Germany expects to deliver Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine “at the end of March, beginning of April,” German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said today during a tour of units in eastern Germany.
Yesterday, after the official announcement of the delivery by the chancellery, Ukraine announced that it hopes to receive the tanks as soon as possible, underlining that “the speed and volume” of these deliveries play a key role in the development of the war with Russia.
“It is anticipated that we will have the unit in late March, early April” in Ukraine, Pistorius said.
He also noted that he would begin talks with the defense industry as early as next week to speed up arms and ammunition supplies.
As for the training of Ukrainian soldiers in the handling of light armored Marders, which Berlin pledged at the beginning of the year to provide to Ukraine, it will begin “by the end of January” in Germany.
Leopard training will follow “a little later,” he added.
The Leopard “coalition”.
After weeks of dithering, the US and Germany announced on Wednesday the delivery of heavy tanks to Ukraine, moving to a new stage in their military support for Kiev in anticipation of a possible counter-attack against the Russian invasion.
Berlin is expected to deliver 14 Leopard 2 Type 2A6s from its army’s Bundeswehr stockpile and has decided to allow its Western allies who have such German-made tanks to do the same.
Poland and Norway have said they are ready to deliver Leopard 2. According to several media outlets, the coalition of countries intending to deliver this type of tank also includes Denmark and the Netherlands, in addition to Poland and Finland. Spain has confirmed it is “willing” to deliver tanks as well.
According to the German government, the aim is to form, with the contribution of partner countries, “two tank battalions equipped with Leopard 2 tanks for Ukraine”. This consists of 80 to 90 tanks. Washington, for its part, announced the mission of 31 Abrams.
The Kremlin today condemned the West’s “direct involvement” in the conflict after announcing the delivery of dozens of European and American tanks.
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