Ukrainian Defence Minister: AFU receives about 60 Leopard 2 tanks from partners

By: Myroslav Trinko | 31.05.2023, 10:02

Ukrainian Defence Minister Oleksii Reznikov gave an interview to the French portal Ouest-France in which he explained how many Leopard 2 tanks Ukraine had received.

Here's What We Know

So, according to the Minister, the Ukrainian Armed Forces now have about 60 tanks in service. We are talking about two battalions of Leopard 2 tanks of different modifications. Ukraine received the tanks from Germany, Poland, Portugal, the Netherlands, Sweden, Spain and Canada.

Flashback

The Leopard 2 is a main battle tank developed by the German company Krauss-Maffei Wegmann. The Leopard 2 is the successor to the successful development of the Leopard 1. The Leopard 2 has many modifications and is used by the armed forces of Austria, Canada, Chile, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Greece, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Singapore, Switzerland, Sweden, Spain and Turkey. A total of 3,200 tanks of this model have been produced.

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Source: Ouest-France