Ukraine will receive 21 Leopard 2A6 tanks in March

Ukraine will receive 21 Leopard 2A6 tanks in March.

Boris Pistorius, Head of the Ministry of Defense of Germany, announced this on the sidelines of the meeting of the Defence Ministers of the EU countries in Sweden.

According to him, 18 tanks will be delivered from Germany, and 3 more from Portugal.

“I can tell you that I have just learned that 18 German Leopard 2A6 tanks and three Portuguese tanks may arrive in Ukraine together this month,” Pistorius said.

He added that the tanks will arrive in Ukraine with trained crews, and then go to the frontline.

A6 is one of the most modern German Leopard 2 main battle tank modifications.

As previously reported, on January 25, Germany agreed to supply Ukraine with 14 Leopard 2 tanks, and allowed their re-export by other countries.

On February 9, Germany stated that it was demanding clear decisions about the Leopard 2 for Ukraine from its allies by the end of the week.

On February 11, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, commenting on the results of the EU summit, expressed hope that by the end of March, 80 Leopard 2 tanks will be ready to be transferred to Ukraine.

On February 13, it was reported that the Bundeswehr started training Ukrainian soldiers on the Leopard 2 main battle tank.

In March of this year, it was announced that Germany intends to purchase the Leopard 2 tanks stored in Switzerland.

Poland is ready to maintain and repair Western tanks supplied to Ukraine to resist the Russian invasion.