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Nato members manage to pool a battalion of Leopard tanks for Ukraine

"I would like to announce that we have managed to pool a battalion of Leopard 2A4 tanks; I undertook this task and it ended in success," the Polish defence minister (pictured with US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin) said.
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Some Nato members have agreed to donate Leopard 2A4 tanks to Ukraine, which together will make up a battalion, the Polish defence minister has said.

Mariusz Błaszczak took part in a meeting of Nato defence ministers in Brussels on Tuesday and Wednesday.

“We discussed a coalition of donors of Leopard 2 tanks,” Blaszczak said at a press conference on Wednesday, after the meeting ended.

“I would like to announce that we have managed to pool a battalion of Leopard 2A4 tanks; I undertook this task and it ended in success,” the Polish defence minister said.

“Apart from Poland’s 14 Leopard tanks, Norway will offer eight, Canada – four, and Spain – between four and six tanks,” Błaszczak said. “Also Finland will take part in the project as a donor of tanks that will support the armoured battalion.”

Ukrainian tank crews are being trained in Poland with participation from Canadian and Norwegian instructors, Błaszczak added.

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