Czech Republic and Slovakia are ready to hand over German Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine. newspaper reports Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung citing sources in diplomatic circles.
According to the publication, Poland made a corresponding proposal and a number of European countries supported the initiative, including the Czech Republic and Slovakia. It was noted that Prague and Bratislava could announce their readiness at a meeting of Western defense ministers on January 20 at the American Ramstein airbase in Germany.
FAZ explains that we are talking about 30 tanks that Prague and Bratislava should receive as part of a “cyclical swap”, which includes the supply of Soviet-made tanks to Kiev from European countries other than Germany, which were then replaced at German factories. using their own resources.
The Czech Republic and Slovakia received the first such German tanks in December 2022. These were well-maintained Leopard 2A4s.
Former German Chancellor and Economy Minister Robert Habeck declarationThat Germany did not want to transfer the Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine because of its own history.
Source: Gazeta
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