Article 67TM1 Sunak confirms UK will send tanks to Ukraine ‘to push Russian troops back’

Sunak confirms UK will send tanks to Ukraine ‘to push Russian troops back’

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Michael Savage Policy editor
from World news | The Guardian on (#67TM1)

Sending Challengers puts pressure on Germany to agree to re-export Leopard tanks as part of wider effort to boost military aid

Britain plans to send tanks to Ukraine, Rishi Sunak has confirmed, in a move that will heap further pressure on Germany to approve a wider delivery of the vehicles this week.

In a call with Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelenskiy, the prime minister confirmed for the first time that it was Britain's intention to provide a small number of Challenger 2 tanks to help push back Russia's invasion. It would make Britain the first western power to supply the Ukrainians with main battle tanks, which would be used to help train Ukrainian troops.

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