The Armed Forces of Ukraine want to have a full brigade of Leopard 2.MinisterDmytro Kuleba said,
What is known
In the near future, Ukraine may significantlyincrease the number of Western armored vehicles. The UK has officially announced that it will send 12 Challenger 2 tanks. Also don't forget about the German Marder infantry fighting vehicles, the American M2 Bradley and the French AMX-10 wheeled tanks.
According to the head of the Foreign Ministry, taking into account Poland and Finland,who were the first to announce plans to send Leopard 2 to Ukraine, five countries are already ready to share German tanks. Now they just have to wait for Germany's decision, which will be made next week.
Which states are we talking about?unknown. Leopard 2 operators, in addition to Finland, Germany and Poland, are Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Switzerland, Austria, Spain, Portugal, Greece, Turkey and the Netherlands. We take out Hungary, Slovakia and the Czech Republic, which themselves are just beginning to receive German tanks.