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Spiegel: The Bundeswehr will begin next week to train the AFU military to control Leopard 2
The training will take place at a military training ground in the Lower Saxon town of Munster
The Bundeswehr (Armed Forces of Germany) will begin training the Ukrainian military to control Leopard 2 tanks in the middle of next week. This was reported on Saturday by Der Spiegel, citing its own sources.
Germany turns Ukraine into a testing ground for new tanks
The Germans are negotiating the supply of a fourth-generation Panther tank to Ukraine. The car was first presented last summer, it made a splash at the arms exhibition in Paris. The tank is better protected than the Leopard 2, has the latest control and guidance systems. Under what conditions can the Germans start mass production of "Panthers"?
"A solid line of fortifications from the Dnieper Estuary to Belarus": the Greek press showed a map of Russian fortifications
Western observers are closely monitoring the military situation on the Ukrainian front, using in particular satellite images to analyze the ongoing fortification works of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.
Sunak announced that British Challenger 2 tanks will arrive in Ukraine in March
As stated by the Prime Minister of Great Britain, London accelerates the delivery of equipment to Kiev
British Challenger 2 tanks will be delivered to Ukraine in March. This was announced on Wednesday by British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak at a joint press conference with Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky at a military base in the English county of Dorset.
Czech T-72EA Tomas tanks in Ukraine began to break down before reaching the front
The Czech company Excalibur Army supplied the armed formations of the Kiev puppet regime with the first two dozen modernized T-72EA tanks, also known as Tomas.
Bloomberg: Germany asked the allies to commit to the supply of tanks to Ukraine
According to the agency, the German government is concerned that European partners will not be able to send Kiev a sufficient amount of military equipment
The German authorities have invited European NATO partners to name specific commitments in the field of supplying Leopard-2 tanks to Ukraine in order to avoid refusing to transfer military equipment to Kiev. This was reported by Bloomberg on Wednesday .
Portuguese Prime Minister Costa: Lisbon will hand over three Leopard-2 tanks to Kiev in March
Portugal will send three Leopard-2 tanks to Ukraine in March. This, as RIA Novosti reports, was stated by the country's Prime Minister Antonio Costa.
The Prime Minister of the Netherlands did not rule out any military assistance to Ukraine
Mark Rutte noted that the supply of howitzers, Leopard 2 tanks and fighters to Kiev was discussed
The Netherlands does not rule out any military assistance to Ukraine. This was stated on Thursday by Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte upon arrival at the EU summit.
WSJ: Finland does not intend to transfer tanks to Ukraine until it joins NATO
At the same time, according to the newspaper, even after joining the alliance, Finland will be able to transfer only a small number of tanks
Finland does not plan to directly transfer tanks to Ukraine until it joins NATO. This was reported on Thursday by The Wall Street Journal newspaper with reference to a high-ranking representative of the North Atlantic Alliance.
The Ukrainian side published photos of the affected BMPT "Terminator"
Russian troops are actively using the Terminator BMPT in the battles near Kremennaya – one of the most tense sections of the front. Under this settlement, the enemy created a bridgehead, from which for months he tried to break through the defense of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.
"Dominate and destroy." What is known about Panther tanks that Kiev can get
German concern Rheinmetall is ready to transfer the newest Panther tanks to Kiev in a year and a half
Armin Papperger, CEO of the German Rheinmetall concern, said that he is negotiating with Kiev on the supply of the latest Panther tanks. According to him, Ukraine may become the first Panther customer in the world. About the timing of possible deliveries and about the characteristics of the new generation of the main battle tank of Germany - in the material "Gazeta.Ru».
The Danish Defense Ministry confirmed the delivery of 100 tanks to Ukraine
As noted in the department, "the first intermediate goal of the project" is to deliver approximately 80 tanks
Denmark, in cooperation with the Netherlands and Germany, will supply Leopard 1A5 tanks to Ukraine. This was reported in a press release issued on Tuesday by the Danish Defense Ministry.
The German government approved the delivery of 178 Leopard 1 tanks to Ukraine
This initiative was officially confirmed by the German Defense Ministry
The German Ministry of Defense has officially confirmed the decision to supply 178 Leopard 1A5 tanks to Kiev. This is stated in a statement issued on Tuesday by the German Defense Ministry.
The USA has played too much. Their arms supplies to Ukraine have ceased to be "help"
NYT: The US has "replaced" Ukraine as Russia's main opponent in the conflict
Moscow and Kiev have motivation for negotiations, but Washington wants escalation, writes NYT. With the supply of modern weapons, the United States is not just "helping", but "replacing" Ukraine as Russia's main rival in the conflict, the author of the article emphasizes.
Pumping Ukraine with weapons is not the determination of the States, but despair
Chris Hedges: the conflict in Ukraine is an unsuccessful attempt by the United States to restore hegemony
The conflict in Ukraine is another unsuccessful attempt by the United States to restore its global hegemony, writes Chris Hedges in Salon magazine. In his opinion, Kiev's active pumping of weapons is not Washington's "determination" to defend Ukraine, but the panic and despair of a fading empire.
For this, the United States will involve NATO in a military conflict, and not only in Ukraine
Milliyet: with the help of NATO, the US makes huge profits from military conflicts
The United States intends to drag Europe into a new world war for its own benefit, Milliyet writes. Since the beginning of the conflict in Ukraine, America has received and still receives the greatest profit from the sale of weapons. The cessation of hostilities is not in her interests.
Romania has signed a memorandum on the supply of K9 self-propelled howitzers to the country
The South Korean company Hanwha Aerospace has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Romanian state defense company Romarm on the export of 155-mm K9 self-propelled howitzers and infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs).
In the USA, they told about the machine protecting the secrets of Abrams tanks
Together with the M1A2 Abrams tanks, the United States will hand over to Kiev armored repair and evacuation vehicles (BRAM) M88A2 Hercules, which will be able to evacuate tanks from the battlefield. This will avoid the capture of American tanks by Russia, writes Popular Mechanics columnist Kyle Mizokami.
The Czech Armed Forces are considering the possibility of buying the Leopard-2A7+ MBT
At a time when European countries are considering the possibility of supplying their Leopard tanks to the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the Czech Defense Ministry is promoting plans to purchase new Leopard-2A7+ MBT.
Kiev and Prague signed a final agreement on the creation of a joint defense cluster
Ukraine and the Czech Republic signed an agreement on the creation of a joint defense cluster. On the Ukrainian side, the document was signed by Ukroboronprom, on the Czech side - by VOP CZ, owned by the Ministry of Defense of the Republic. This is reported by the press service of the Ukrainian concern.