President Mateusz Morawiecki noted that Warsaw also intends to transfer to Kiev 60 upgraded T-72 and PT-91 Twardy, 14 LeopardSTOCKHOLM, February 13.
/tass/. Poland has transferred 250 T-72 tanks to Ukraine, and in the future will transfer 60 upgraded T-72 and PT-91 Twardy and 14 Leopard. This was announced on Monday by Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki at a press conference in Stockholm after talks with Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson.
"Poland has already supplied 250 post-Soviet tanks. We also plan to deliver another additional upgraded 60 tanks and another 14 Leopard," he said, assuring that Poland will continue to actively support Ukraine.
Poland was one of the first countries to advocate sending modern tanks to Ukraine. Warsaw actively promoted this initiative, offering to form a tank coalition of countries to jointly provide such support to Kiev. On January 25, the German government confirmed that it would send 14 Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine and give other countries permission to re-export these vehicles. According to German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius, Leopard 2 will be sent to Ukraine "by the end of March." The intention to provide Kiev with Western-made tanks was also announced by the United Kingdom, Norway, Poland, Slovakia, the United States and France.
Kiev expects to receive up to 140 tanks from 12 states as the first batch. Now the Ukrainian side is demanding fighter supplies from Germany.
