The UK will give Ukraine twice as many Challenger 2 tanks as it originally promised
In January, the United Kingdom promised to provide Ukraine with 14 Challenger 2 tanks. Now there is information that there will be more tanks.
What is known
This was announced by the Ambassador of Ukraine to the UK Vadym Prystaiko. We are talking about 28 tanks. According to the ambassador, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy agreed on this number of weapons during his visit to London in early February. Unfortunately, it is still unclear whether all the tanks will be delivered together or whether Ukraine will receive them in batches. By the way, Ukrainian crews are already undergoing a training program. Deliveries of Challenger 2 are scheduled to begin this month.
For those who don’t know
The Challenger 2 is the main battle tank of the British Army. It was created in the 90s by BAE Systems. The tank was discontinued in 2009. The Challenger 2 took part in combat operations in Kosovo and Iraq. As of 2022, the UK has 227 Challenger 2 tanks in service. The Omani armed forces also use 38 tanks.
