US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said at an online meeting with Western states’ contact group on military aid to Ukraine that nine countries had pledged to supply 150 Leopard tanks to Kiev. It has been reported TASS.
“The coalition of states donating Leopard tanks to Ukraine continues to grow. “Nine countries have already committed more than 150 Leopard tanks,” Austin said.
According to him, the number of states providing air defense vehicles to the Ukrainian side is also increasing.
He noted that it was a “defining moment in Ukraine’s freedom struggle” when its allies needed “continuous determination and unity”.
Earlier it became known that the army of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. complete Leopard 2 battle tank driving training in Spain and Germany. According to the defense ministries of both countries, the Ukrainian army will “return home with very good information” and will be “ready to deploy” the tanks. Intensive tank training continued for several weeks. Berlin and Madrid promised to send more tanks to Kiev.