Canada to send more Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine than promised

Three countries have recently announced that they will transferThe Armed Forces of Ukraine have more Leopard 2 tanks than

Planned. The day before, Canada did it.

What is known

Spain recently announced that it would provideUkraine has six Leopard 2 tanks. But Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, after visiting Kyiv, announced that the number of combat vehicles would be increased to 10 units.

With an identical statement the day before enteredGerman Ministry of Defense. Boris Pistorius announced that Ukraine would receive not 14 Leopard 2A6 tanks, but 18. This would create a tank battalion with 31 combat vehicles.

Canada at the end of January announced plans to transferUkraine has four Leopard 2s. A month later, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced at a special briefing that the Ukrainian Armed Forces would receive eight tanks along with a recovery vehicle and 5,000 155mm ammunition.

The first Western tanks have already arrived in Ukraine. Poland donated 14 Leopard 2A4s. Combat vehicles are also expected to arrive from Norway (8 A4 units), Sweden (10 A5 units) and Portugal (3 A6 units).