“The Prime Minister highlighted Britain’s intention to increase our support for Ukraine, including the deployment of Challenger 2 tanks and additional artillery systems,” a Downing Street spokesman said. Sunak and Selenskjy welcomed similar announcements, including Poland’s offer to supply a company with Leopard tanks – which would normally have been 14.
Tanks are considered important for recapturing occupied territories. Until now, however, Ukraine has only received battle tanks of Soviet production that were in stocks in the NATO countries of Eastern Europe.