Leopard tanks pledged by Germany to help Ukraine repel Russia's invasion will arrive in "late March, early April," Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said on Thursday.
Germany will provide 14 Leopard 2 A6 tanks from its Bundeswehr supplies, Chancellor Olaf Scholz told the German parliament.for other European countries to send the German-made tanks from their own stocks to Ukraine, with the aim of quickly assembling "two tank battalions with Leopard 2 tanks for Ukraine," Scholz said.
The United States later also said it would send 31 Abrams tanks, one of the most powerful and sophisticated weapons in the US army. On Thursday, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov warned that Russia viewed the tank deliveries as "direct involvement in the conflict."
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