Minister of Defense of Ukraine Oleksiy Reznikovannounced his arrival in the country on Tuesday early ‘Challenger 2’ tanks British production, which the Government in London promised to deliver to Kiev.
Reznikov, in his post on his Twitter account, said, “These tanks supplied from England have recently arrived in our country. “These fantastic machines will soon begin their combat missions.”
The news of the arrival of the tanks becomes clear a day later. Ukrainian soldiers trained in the management of these armored vehicles in the UK will return to Turkey. Ukraine after completing the instruction.
UK plans Send 14 ‘Challenger’ tanks to Ukraine. Reznikov did not specify in his Twitter message the number of armored vehicles that reached Ukraine.
Alongside his message, Reznikov released a video showing at least 6 tanks waving the Ukrainian flag. The Ukrainian Minister of Defense appears in one of them and thanks the British people and Government for this new military aid to Ukraine.
According to German media, the Kiev government received yesterday 18 “Leopard 2” tanks and 40 “Marder” vehicles from Germany light infantry was also sent by Berlin.
Ukraine also received the “Leopard 2” tanks donated by Poland, which was the first country to actually deliver Western-made armored vehicles.