Canada is considering sending Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine, but so far there is no consensus in the country's leadership on how many pieces of equipment they can send. This is written by the Canadian edition of Ottawa Citizen, citing its sources in the National Defense and Industry of the country..
Military interlocutors, speaking on condition of anonymity, told reporters that if such a decision were made at the highest level, the Canadian Air Force could use C-17 transport aircraft to transport tanks to Poland.. From there, equipment can be transferred to Ukraine.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has not yet confirmed the information about the transfer of tanks to Ukraine. However, he expressed the hope that "
Ottawa Citizen writes that the Canadian army has 112 Leopard 2 tanks in service. Some of them are designed for training, while others are armored recovery vehicles.. Sources expressed the view that Ottawa could transfer at least 10 units of such equipment to Kyiv..
Recall that Canada has already announced the transfer of 200 Senator armored vehicles to Ukraine..
As for tanks, Germany on January 25 gave permission to other countries to supply Ukraine with their German-made Leopard 2 tanks.. Berlin also decided to supply 14 tanks to Kyiv and organize the training of Ukrainian military personnel..