Poland is very interested in setting up with Germany and Ukraine a repair centre for Leopard tanks in Poland, the prime minister said on Monday.
Defence ministers of Poland, Ukraine and Germany, Mariusz Blaszczak, Oleksii Reznikov and Boris Pistorius have signed a letter of intent on the establishment of a servicing centre for the Leopard 2 tanks in Poland.
Poland has delivered to Ukraine the remaining 10 of 14 German-made Leopard 2A4 tanks it promised the country, the defence minister announced on Thursday.
Poland has been in talks with German industry to reinstate the manufacturing of spare parts for the German-made Leopard 2A4s so that the tanks donated to Ukraine could be serviced in Poland, Mariusz Błaszczak, the Polish defence minister, has said.
Poland will deliver the remaining 10 of 14 Leopard tanks it promised to give to Ukraine this week, the defence minister announced on Tuesday.
The K2 main battle tanks that Poland has purchased from South Korea will be serviced and later manufactured in the Polish city of Poznań, the defence minister has said.
Ukrainian Defence Minister Oleksii Reznikov has thanked Poland for transferring the first consignment of 14 promised Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine on Friday.
Poland is the first European country to hand over its German-made Leopard tanks to Ukraine, Mateusz Morawiecki, the Polish prime minister, said in Kyiv on Friday.
The German-made Leopard tanks that Warsaw decided to hand over to Kyiv have already reached Ukraine, the Polish president, Andrzej Duda, has confirmed.
Some Nato members have agreed to donate Leopard 2A4 tanks to Ukraine, which together will make up a battalion, the Polish defence minister has said.
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