Poland Delivers Four Leopard Tanks to Kyiv at One-Year Mark

Ukraine is seeking more armored vehicles to repel invasion
Poland has been lobbying allies to deliver German-made tanks

Leopard 2 A4 tanks during an exercise at the Swietoszow Tank Training Center in Poland.Photographer: Bartek Sadowski/Bloomberg

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By Piotr Skolimowski and Natalia Ojewska

February 24, 2023 at 8:55 AM UTC

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February 24, 2023 at 1:16 PM UTC

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Poland sent its first four Leopard 2A4 battle tanks to Ukraine, a symbolic gesture to mark one year since Russia’s invasion as western allies rush to arm the embattled nation’s forces amid intensified Kremlin-ordered attacks.

Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki announced during a visit to Kyiv on Friday that the delivery of the remaining batch of its 14 German-made combat vehicles will follow soon. Poland will also send 60 modernized Soviet-era PT-91 tanks in the coming days, he added.