Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said Tuesday that Ukraine expects to receive between 120 and 140 Western-made tanks in the “first wave” of deliveries.
“The tank coalition now has 12 members. I can note that in the first wave of contributions, the Ukrainian armed forces will receive between 120 and 140 Western-model tanks,” Kuleba said. “These are Leopard 2, Challenger 2, M1 Abrams.”
He said Ukraine is “counting” on France providing its Leclerc tanks, but so far, Paris has not pledged to do so.
Kuleba didn’t specify a timeline for when the tanks would be delivered. It could take months or possibly years for the US-made Abrams tanks to arrive as the Pentagon is purchasing the tanks from General Dynamics, and they need to be manufactured.
When Berlin first announced last week that it would be sending its Leopard 2 tanks, German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said the delivery would take about three months. Ukrainian forces also need to be trained on the Western-made equipment, as its forces currently only operate Soviet-made tanks.
Poland has pledged to arm Ukraine with 14 of its Leopard 2s, and a Polish military official said Tuesday that they hope to cut down the training period for the tanks to only five weeks. There are Leopard training facilities in Poland, Germany, and Switzerland.
When Ukraine attacks Russian troops with US weapons does that change the war dynamic to the point of making the US involved, directly involved in this war?…
The North Vietnamese killed US forces with Soviet weapons, the Mujahideen killed Red Army soldiers with US weapons. It’s happened before.
But this time the proxy war is on the doorstep of Russia and the west is hellbent in destroying Russia and it’s willingness to protect Russian speakers in South Eastern Ukraine against the corrupt regime of Zelensky and the likes of Azov neo Nazis.
Much closer now to all out nuclear war.
20 seconds til midnight, Darren.
Tick…tick…tick…
Donna, of course we are!
And have been since day one 😐
You used to be cool, France. Now you’re not even willing to escalate towards a world war that could end the world. C’mon, everyone else is doing it!
freedom fries
Freedom toast, Freedom salad dressing, Freedom dip…
Yes, nothing like peer pressure. And even Norway is getting into it. Though part of that is traditional Scandinavian shame about succeeding at anything…in this case, making a lot of money from selling oil and gas to other countries in Europe. Sorry guys, I didn’t mean to mean to make such a profit, it was an accident!
On a good note, by the time NATO actually gets involved, Russia will be battle ready. Good going morons.
Looking like we’re getting drafted … Crap. I should have changed my gender to Nudol hypersonic missile.
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DV, they’ve been doing it for months now with US supplied Himars among others, so probably not a great deal of difference
31 M1’s, 14 Challenger 2’s, and 14 Leo 2’s falls far short of even ‘120 Western tanks’. Unless there’s another player no one knows about- the talking head from Kiev is either delusional or woefully misinformed (or both).
They might be counting the Bradleys. Which are not the same thing, but what do they care?
The majority of Ukraines tanks have been destroyed by Russian artillery, these new tanks will fare no better.
Ukraine has zero tanks. On February 2022, Ukraine had approximately 900 operational tanks and by the summer, Russia MoD announced they had destroyed 3,894.
Regardless, the fact that Ukraine is holding the Russians with only sticks and stones, speaks volume.
Yes, $112 billion worth of sticks and stones. Almost twice as much as what Russia’s stick and stones budget was.
the USS ARC Integrity was supposedly loaded with Bradley Fighting Vehicles and headed out from the US to UK 4 days ago but tracking it right now reveals no results which means that it either turned it’s GPS off or it sank to the bottom of the sea
Russian military:
Hot damn, new targets!
Russian military:
Hot damn, new targets!
Ukraine Says It Will Receive 120-140 Western Tanks in ‘First Wave’ of Deliveries … in 2024
And this will provide all the necessary accommodation for the survivors of the war.