Defense Minister of Ukraine said that the forces will train German tanks in Poland
January 20(Reuters) – Ukraine forces will be trained in Leopard-2 battle tanks in Poland, Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov said on Friday that although the allies could not agree on the supply of German-made vehicles to Kiev.
Reznikov of Ukraine after attending a meeting at Ramsein air base in Germany where his partners did not make a decision on the delivery of tanks Ukraine spoke to VOA. Germany, which manufactures the Leopard tanks, would have to agree to any transfer.
Reznikov assessed the training development as a breakthrough and attributed the success to Poland’s efforts.
“We’ll start with that and then we’ll go further,” VOA quoted him as saying.
Reznikov Ukraine repeating the previous comments of his officials, he said that he hoped that Germany would come to a decision about the tanks.
“I see it optimistically,” he added. Because the first step has been taken – we will start training missions in “Leopard-2”.
Before that, Reznikov tweeted to the government and people of Germany military thanked for the help and hospitality.
We had a frank discussion about “Leopards 2″ next to the photo he took with the Minister of Defense of Germany, Boris Pistorius. It will continue,” he wrote.
Reporting by David Ljunggren and Elaine Monaghan; Edited by Leslie Adler and Sandra Mahler
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2023-01-21 06:09:51
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