Ukraine’s defence minister has actually compared British tanks to Rolls-Royce automobiles after the weapons came to the frontline.
Oleksii Reznikov provided Britain the thumbs up after he was driven in the very first Challenger 2 primary fight tank to show up in the war-torn nation.
Pictured with the tank, he composed on Facebook: ‘After personally “piloting” the Challenger, I can state that even the chauffeur of a Rolls-Royce will not be as comfy as this team.’
He likewise called the cars a ‘work of military art’, and exposed Ukrainian paratroopers have actually nicknamed the opposition a ‘war cat’.
In January, the UK federal government assured 14 Challenger 2 tanks in an effort to encourage other western nations to send out weapons to assist the Ukrainian army.
Reznikov validated they had actually lastly shown up in Ukraine, publishing an image of the tanks flying their blue and yellow flag.
He composed on Twitter: ‘It was a satisfaction to take the very first Ukrainian opposition 2 MBT (primary fight tank) for a spin.
‘These fantastic machines will soon begin their combat missions.’
In a video published on social networks, Reznikov personally thanked the UK defence secretary Ben Wallace for the tank.
He stated in English: ‘Marvellous Ben. It’ s excellent things. Thank you quite from Ukraine to the United Kingdom.’
Rezkinov likewise positioned with a range of western tanks consisting of oppositions from Britain, Strykers & &(******************************************************************************************************************************************************************* )from the United States and Marders from Germany.
‘A year ago, no one would have thought that supporting partners would be so powerful,’ he stated.
‘That the whole civilised world will reboot and finally resist the bloody aggressor, the Russian terrorist country.’
He included: ‘A year has made a difference. Ukraine has changed the world.’
Germany’s defence ministry stated on Monday 18 Leopard 2 fight tanks and 40 Marder infantry battling cars had actually likewise shown up in Ukraine.
‘Yes, we delivered Leopard tanks as we announced,’ chancellor Olaf Scholz stated inRotterdam ‘We’ re offering really contemporary [tanks] which we have actually now provided.’
The advanced primary fight tanks were provided after Ukrainian teams were trained to utilize them.
As well as the German and British cars, 3 Leopard tanks contributed by Portugal likewise reached Ukraine, the security source validated.
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