New navy models are being created within the Armed Forces of Ukraine to be geared up with new Western gear.
“We want numerous Western tanks. They’re much higher than the Soviet fashions and can assist us advance. We’re creating new navy models. And our subsequent actions will rely upon their fight readiness. Due to this fact, Western help is extraordinarily necessary,” Commander of the Joint Forces, Lieutenant Normal Serhiy Naiev informed CNN.
The Ukrainian navy has to coach models on the brand new gear and combine it into its current formations, he famous.
“The entire unit ought to be geared up with the identical car, so an entire battalion is provided with Bradley, if we get it, or with Leopards,” Naiev stated.
As reported, on the eighth assembly of the Ukraine Protection Contact Group on January 20, the heads of protection businesses of greater than 50 international locations didn’t attain an settlement on the availability of Leopard tanks. German Protection Minister Boris Pistorius stated {that a} corresponding determination might be made within the close to future.
On the similar time, Protection Minister of Ukraine Oleksii Reznikov reported agreements with Poland and Britain to begin coaching missions for Ukrainian crews on Leopard and Challenger tanks, respectively.
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