Ukraine received the first batch of Leopard 2 tanks from Germany, the Interfax-Ukraine news agency reported Monday, citing German news outlet Der Spiegel.
The German-made tanks were handed over to Ukraine two months after Berlin’s decision to supply them, the news agency said.
It did not specify the number of tanks that were transferred to Ukraine.
In January, Germany decided to supply its Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine and green-lighted requests by other countries to do so.
Media outlets reported that Germany intended to send 18 Leopard 2A6 tanks to Ukraine.
Earlier, Poland became the first country to deliver the first batch of Leopard-2 tanks to Ukraine on the first anniversary of the war.
Polish PM Mateusz Morawiecki, who visited Ukraine on the first anniversary of Ukrainian war, announced that the first four of fourteen Leopard-2 tanks promised by his country were now on Ukrainian soil.
The Prime Minister said that Poland, as the country that was the first to successfully build this coalition of Leopards, “today also wants, as the first European country, to give Ukraine the first 4 Leopards.”
