Britain hopes the Challenger 2 tanks it is supplying to Ukraine will arrive in the country by the end of March, Alex Cholk, one of the three ministers of state at the British Ministry of Defence, said today, Reuters reported.

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Earlier this month, Britain said it would send 14 of its main battle tanks to Ukraine along with additional artillery support.

"The intention is to do this at the end of March," the state minister told parliament when asked when the tanks would arrive in Ukraine.

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Cholk said that from now on Ukrainian forces will be intensively trained on how to operate the combat vehicles and how to maintain them.

Other countries, including the US and Germany, have also committed to supplying tanks, which was hailed by Kyiv as a potential turning point in the battle to repel the Russian invasion, BTA noted.

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