Wallace – tanks donated to Ukraine will arrive on the frontline before the summer
30/01/2023 16:28:35 World
The UK’s defence minister, Ben Wallace, has said that the tanks donated to Ukraine will arrive on the frontline before the summer.
Asked in parliament when the 14 Challenger tanks Britain has agreed to supply would be deployed on to the battlefield, Wallace replied:
"It’ll be this side of the summer, or May - it’ll be probably towards Easter time."
He added that security reasons prevented him from setting out the timetable of training for Ukrainian forces on using the tanks.
Training would begin with instruction on the operation of individual vehicles before progressing to how to fight in formation, he said.
