UK to send Challenger 2 tanks to Ukraine, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak confirms
By Jonathan Beale, Defence Correspondent, and Jasmine AnderssonThe UK is to send Challenger 2 tanks to Ukraine to bolster the country's war effort, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has said.
Mr Sunak said the Challengers, the British Army's main battle tank, would help Kyiv's forces "push Russian troops back". But the tanks, which are in greater supply and used by a number of European armies, need approval from Germany to be exported to Ukraine. He said: "Modern tanks are crucial to Ukraine's efforts to win its battle against Russian aggression."
The victory would allow Russian troops to push on to the nearby city of Bakhmut, and cut off the Ukrainian forces there, a spokesman said.
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