German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius visited Kyiv and delivered a toy model of a Leopard 2 tank to Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov, marking the symbolic 'first' delivery.
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Boris Pistorius arrived on a visit to Kyiv and handed over a model of a Leopard 2 tank to his Ukrainian counterpart Oleksii Reznikov.
German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius announced in Kyiv that Ukraine would receive over 100 Leopard 1 battle tanks from a group of several European countries.
The German Federal Security Council approved the supply of 178 Leopard 1 tanks from industrial stocks to Ukraine.
According to Spiegel citing sources, the first tanks should be delivered to Ukraine in the summer, but most of them will not arrive until 2024.
On Feb. 7, Hazanavicius visited Bucha and Irpin, which were badly damaged during the Russian occupation.
Hazanavicius will help raise funds for one of the destroyed apartment buildings in Irpin.
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