By Natali Moss
Moreover, official Berlin approved the export of Leopard 1 tanks to Ukraine. The number of armored vehicles supplied is not reported, but according to local media, the Armed Forces will be at disposal of 88 vehicles. Leopard 1 is the previous version of Leopard 2, which were announced earlier after protracted discussions. Germany undertook to transfer 14 Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine and allow allies to send them to Ukraine, despite the threats from the Russian Federation.
At the same time, the White House stated that he would hand over 31 M1 Abrams tank and provide training for Ukrainian servicemen. Such a step from Berlin's side will allow Portugal and Spain, which have reserves of this armored vehicles, also transfer it to Kiev. We will remind that according to the Swiss edition of NZZ, Ukraine began to supply tanks after refusing to "peace in exchange for 20% of the territory".
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