All promised Challenger 2 tanks are already in Ukraine – UK Defense Ministry

The United Kingdom has confirmed that all the promised Challenger 2 tanks are now on the territory of Ukraine. Source: Ben Wallace, Secretary of State for Defence of the United Kingdom, during a session of the British Parliament, answering a question from an MP Quote: "I know that all our tanks have arrived in the country... they are all in the country.

There have been training and exercises on them, both here [in Britain - ed.] and later in Ukraine, and I know that Ukrainian troops are using them," he said.

Background:

• On 17 March, Ukraine's Defence Minister Oleksii Reznikov stated that he had the honour, together with Ukrainian paratroopers, to try out the newest addition to Ukrainian armed units: Challenger tanks from the UK, Stryker and Cougars from the US, and Marders from Germany. 
• Reznikov highly praised the UK tanks, calling them "military art".
• On the same day, a group of Ukrainian soldiers returned to Ukraine after completing training in the UK on Challenger 2 tanks.

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