In addition to the already announced assistance with Leopard 2 tanks, Poland will also send 60 PT-91 Twardy tanks to Ukraine

, Andrei Yarmak

, the head of the office of the President of Ukraine, said in Telegram .

"Poland will send 60 PT-91 Twardy tanks to Ukraine, as well as the previously announced 14 Leopard 2 tanks. Thanks to our allies.

We will crush the enemy," Yarmak said.

Earlier, in an interview with the Canadian TV channel CTV News, Polish Prime Minister

Mateusz Morawiecki

said: "Now we are ready to provide 60 of our modernized tanks, thirty of which are PT-91."

Poland has already handed over PT-91 Twardy tanks of its own production to the Armed Forces of Ukraine - these are the main battle tanks of the country's armed forces.

The PT-91 is a modernized version of the Soviet T-72 tank with a more powerful engine and fire control system.

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Polish Deputy Minister of Defense

Wojciech Skurkiewicz

assured that Warsaw can hand over Leopard tanks to Ukraine in a few weeks.

After other countries decide on the transfer of tanks, Poland will start training Ukrainians.

Currently, there are about two thousand Leopard tanks of various modifications in European countries.

Berlin will transfer to Ukraine 14 Leopard 2 tanks in the A6 modification from the Bundeswehr warehouses.

Canada has announced that it will hand over four Leopard 2 tanks to Kiev as part of military aid.

The United States will hand over 31 M1 Abrams tanks, eight M88 repair and evacuation armored vehicles for tank maintenance and more than 500 pieces of armored vehicles to Ukraine.

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