Netherlands wants to purchase Leopard 1 tanks for Ukraine

Another European country wants to buy Leopard 1 tanks for Ukraine. But this time it is the Netherlands.

Here's What We Know

This was reported by a local publication NOS. According to the source, the Netherlands wants to buy German tanks from Switzerland. On the previous day we wrote that the Swiss company Raug requested permission to sell 96 Leopard 1s to the German defense giant Rheinmetall, which would then transfer the tanks to Ukraine.

Previously, other European countries, including Germany, Denmark and Spain, tried to buy Swiss military equipment and ammunition for the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Each time the state authorities refused, citing its neutral status.

Source: NOS