Vienna – Ukraine is to receive more than 100 older Leopard 1A5 main battle tanks from a group of several European countries. This was announced by the new German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius (SPD) on Tuesday during his first visit to Kyiv. By the first or second quarter of 2024, at least three battalions of Ukrainians should be equipped with such tanks. The German federal government has meanwhile approved the export of up to 178 tanks.
