German Chancellor Olaf Scholz officially allowed third countries to supply German-made Leopard tanks to Ukraine. To date, 12 EU countries have declared their desire to transfer them to Kyiv.
Germany itself is among them, as well as Poland, Finland, Norway, the Netherlands, Spain, Denmark and Portugal, Bild reports.
In total, there are 2,000 Leopard 2 tanks in various modifications on the balance sheet of European states, Kyiv expects to receive 100 of them.
This was stated in an interview with ABC News by a senior official who did not wish to be named. The interlocutor of the American TV channel claims that such agreements were reached last week during a summit at the Ramstein airbase, where the allied countries discussed military support for Kyiv.
Other countries also announced their intention to support Ukraine with heavy weapons: the UK will send 14 Challenger tanks to Kyiv, the US – 31 Abrams tanks. Paris does not exclude the supply of Leclerc heavy attack tanks.
Source: Racurs
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