Ukrainian troops need a certain number of Western tanks and other armored vehicles to protect the territory of our state from Russian invaders right now. If US Abrams main battle tanks arrive only in August, it will be too late. This was stated by President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky in an interview with Sky News.

Answering a journalist's question, he explained that he feels relieved when the promised equipment already arrives in Ukraine, and not when the leaders of the partner states only announce its provision in the future..

" We have a weapon on which a decision was made, but it still hasn't arrived.. Sometimes this weapon rides for months. I'm not saying that anyone is to blame for this. I'm just saying that relief comes exactly when what they give starts working to protect our army,"

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He also said that the Armed Forces of Ukraine would not get much benefit from receiving, for example, five tanks from a partner country.. The head of state said:

" The question is, what will it give us?.

Ukraine will not be able to equip its troops with such an amount of equipment, and sending fighters for training for the sake of five Western tanks will not make sense. Besides? to maintain these weapons, you will need to create a repair hub.

" We are building a certain number of tanks in parallel, we are repairing our tanks... We need 300-500 tanks now,"

Earlier, White House spokesman John Kirby said that it would be "