Bundeswehr (Armed Forces of Germany) began training Ukrainian military management of Leopard 2.
tanks.
This was reported by the representative of the Ministry of Defense to reporters at a briefing.
“It began today, will last until the end of the first quarter,” she said.
Training takes place at the military training ground in the Nizhneson city of Munster.
As Der Spiegel noted, the courses will be accelerated and will take only 6-8 weeks. Typically, the preparation takes several years, noted the publication. If everything goes according to plan, then the first Ukrainian military will go to the war zone on Leopard 2 already at the end of March, the magazine noted.
On January 25, the German government confirmed that it will send to Ukraine 14 Leopard 2 tanks and give other countries permission to re -export of these machines. According to the head of the Ministry of Defense of Germany Boris Pistorius, Leopard 2 will be sent to Ukraine until the end of March.
The intention to provide Kyiv tanks of Western production was also reported by other countries, in particular, Great Britain, Norway, Poland, Slovakia and France. Kyiv as the first party expects to receive up to 140 tanks from 12 states.