Poland donating 60 modernized tanks to Ukraine in addition to Leopards – National | 24CA News
Poland will ship a further 60 tanks to Ukraine on high of the 14 German-made Leopard 2 tanks it has already pledged, the Polish prime minister stated in an interview with Canadian tv on Thursday.
Warsaw, which has positioned itself as one among Kyiv’s staunchest allies, had pressed laborious for Germany to ship Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine and to permit different nations to take action as effectively, a requirement which Berlin agreed to on Wednesday.
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“Poland sent 250 tanks as the first country half a year ago or even more than that,” Mateusz Morawiecki informed CTV News.
“Right now, we are ready to send 60 of our modernized tanks, 30 of them PT-91. And on top of those tanks, 14 tanks, Leopard 2 tanks, from in our possession.”
The PT-91 is a Polish-made battle tank that got here into service within the Nineties. It was developed from the Soviet-era T-72 vary.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy thanked Poland on Twitter for the choice to provide the extra tanks. “Together we will win!,” he wrote.
