Polish President Andrzej Duda said that Poland has serious problems with spare parts for the Leopard tanks, which are planned to be sent to Ukraine. He said this in an interview with CNN. TASS.
“I was a little surprised at the Prime Minister’s words. [Германии Олафа] Scholz. I hope their Leopards are ready because obviously we have a serious spare parts problem. [данных] tanks. This is a fairly common problem as spare parts are only produced in Germany,” he said.
In addition, Duda pointed out that since Germany has serious problems with spare parts, other countries are also having problems for this reason.
On February 12, William Alberke, director of strategy, technology and arms control at the International Institute for Strategic Studies, announced German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s decision to transport tanks to Kiev as an initiative. save strength.
Earlier, The Sunday Times reported that less than 25% of modern battle tanks promised by Western countries to Ukraine could be used. future on time – until the end of April.
On February 24, 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that he had decided to organize a military special operation to protect Donbass, in response to a request for assistance from the heads of the LPR and DPR.
The decision to run the operation became the justification for new sanctions against Russia by the United States and its allies.