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Ukrainians Demonstrate Training on Leopard Tanks in Poland
SWIETOSZOW, Poland — One by one, Leopard tanks crewed by Ukrainian troops and their Polish instructors zipped up a muddy field, bouncing over deep ruts and cresting a low dirt berm. They stopped, fired a smoke grenade, then raced back in reverse to ...
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A plan by Germany, Denmark and the Netherlands aims to get some Leopard 1 tanks to Ukraine ‘within months.’
Germany, Denmark and the Netherlands announced a joint initiative on Tuesday to send around 100 Leopard 1 tanks to Ukraine, some of which could arrive “within a few months.” That is a far shorter timeline than the more advanced tanks Ukraine’s ...
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Western defense officials are still working to reach an agreement on providing Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine.
BERLIN — With the clock ticking on an expected announcement of whether more Western tanks would be sent to Ukraine, negotiators from Kyiv’s allies were still trying to reach a consensus. Despite mounting pressure from many European allies, it was ...
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What is the Leopard 2 tank, and how could it help Ukraine?
The U.S. defense secretary, Lloyd J. Austin III, met with his newly named German counterpart, Boris Pistorius, in Berlin on Thursday, with Germany under pressure to authorize sending German-made Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine from other European nations ...
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Britain pledges just 14 tanks, but with the aim of prompting more transfers from Ukraine’s allies.
LONDON — Britain’s defense secretary, Ben Wallace, on Monday confirmed plans to send Challenger 2 tanks and a package of other sophisticated military equipment to Ukraine, as part of wider efforts to persuade other Western nations to offer similar ...