Portuguese President Antonio Costa has confirmed that his country will donate Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine.. He stated this in a comment to the Lusa agency, however, the president did not specify the number of tanks that Portugal would supply..

“Now we are working on being able to abandon some of our tanks. I know how many tanks there will be, but it will be announced at the right time,” Costa said..

Portugal has 37 Leopard 2 tanks. But, according to local media, most of them are currently out of order..

President Costa said that Portugal is negotiating with Germany to obtain spare parts needed to repair Leopard tanks in the country's weapons depot.. He added that he hopes to send them to Ukraine before the end of March..

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Western partner states in general plan to transfer 321 tanks to Ukraine, Ukrainian Ambassador to France Vadym Omelchenko said.

Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said that Ukraine expects to receive from 120 to 140 Western tanks as part of the first wave of the tank coalition.

In a recent interview with Sky News, President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed that our state needs 300-500 tanks to counter the enemy army.