The first British Challenger 2 battle tanks have arrived in Ukraine, in a major boost for its armoured forces ahead of a planned spring offensive.
“Today, I had the honour to try out the newest addition to our armed units, particularly Challengers from the UK,” Oleksii Reznikov, the Ukraine defence minister, said.
A Challenger 2 was pictured alongside several other recently donated armoured vehicles including an American Stryker infantry carrier and a German Marder.
#Ukraine: New Western equipment was transferred to the Ukrainian Air Assault Forces – including 🇬🇧 Challenger 2 tanks, 🇺🇸 Stryker armored personnel carriers, 🇩🇪 Marder infantry fighting vehicles, 🇺🇸 Cougar MRAP vehicles and 🇨🇦 Roshel Senator armored cars. pic.twitter.com/qgu96nQAuV
— 🇺🇦 Ukraine Weapons Tracker (@UAWeapons) March 27, 2023
German Leopard 2 tanks now in Ukraine, Berlin confirms
Germany’s much-awaited shipment of 18 Leopard 2 battle tanks has arrived in Ukraine, the German defence ministry has confirmed.
After months of prevaricating, the German government announced in late January it would provide Kyiv with the state-of-the-art fighting vehicles as part of a deal under which several EU states would contribute to a shipment of two Leopard 2 battalions and 31 American-made M1A2 Abrams tanks from the US.
