As part of the international coalition of allies, including Poland, Ukraine will receive a company of Leopard tanks, said during a visit to Lviv on January 11, Polish President Andrzej Duda.

" A company of Leopard tanks will be provided as part of the coalition,"

He noted that the decision to form such an international coalition had already been made..

" But first we need to build an international coalition. And we have decided to form this international coalition," The President of Poland added that the decision to provide Ukraine with the first company of Leopard tanks, along with other types of tanks, will be provided by the member states of the coalition very soon..

Note that the tank company has 10 tanks. At the same time, 240 Leopard tanks are in service with Poland.. According to media reports, the Polish government is ready to transfer most of the tanks to Ukraine.

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The fact that Poland is seriously considering the possibility of transferring German-made Leopard tanks to Ukraine became known as early as January 7. At the same time, the rumors were confirmed by the Prime Minister of Poland Mateusz Morawiecki.. Already on January 10, this issue was discussed at a meeting of the National Security Council of Poland.

Commenting on the possibility of transferring German tanks to Ukraine, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said that he considers it necessary to take such steps "

The Leopard 2 is a German main battle tank developed in 1979.. It is in service with Austria, Canada, Chile, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Greece, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Singapore, Switzerland, Sweden, Spain and Turkey. A total of 3200 tanks of this model were produced..

Leopard tanks are much more densely armored and better protected from armor-piercing balls than the fighting vehicles that Ukraine, France, Germany and the United States have previously offered..