Ukraine can receive up to a hundred Leopard tanks from Western partners within three months.

This was stated by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Andriy Melnyk on the air of a nationwide telethon.

"Leopard is something that can be delivered quickly from Poland, Germany, and other countries. I hope that we will have at least

100 such tanks

. This is realistic if we are talking about a

three-month period

," the diplomat said.

However, he clarified that these tanks are

not enough

for the victory of Ukraine : "We need to make new orders for next year, in two years."

According to Melnyk, at least 300 tanks and about 500 infantry fighting vehicles are needed for the spring counteroffensive of the Armed Forces.

"And for this, it is necessary to train the military - this is also a painful topic. This is an extremely difficult operation, which can be successful only when we have a sufficient number of BMPs, armored personnel carriers, tanks, trained people, artillery, air support, drones. The world is not like this seen since 1945 - this is the most terrible war on the European continent," concluded the deputy head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Earlier, the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valery Zaluzhnyi noted that he needed 300 tanks for a counteroffensive.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyi said that Ukraine now needs "300-500 tanks".

We will remind, the Minister of Defense of Germany Boris Pistorius said that Leopard 2 tanks from Germany can be delivered to Ukraine in about three months.

In addition, Ukraine will receive 31 American Abrams heavy tanks.

Poland said it was ready to send its own Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine. Portugal said it could provide four Leopard 2s, and Norway said it could send eight more.

British Defense Minister Ben Wallace said that the 14 Challenger 2 tanks transferred to Ukraine will arrive at the front by the summer.

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