British Prime Minister approves plans to send Challenger 2 tanks to Ukraine

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Over the past 10 months, Ukraine has been diligently soliciting Western-style tanks from its allies to counter Russia. At the same time, the UK may become the first NATO country that decides to transfer its MBTs to Kyiv.

We are talking about British-made Challenger 2 tanks. These heavy tracked vehicles were used in combat operations in Kosovo and Iraq (2-2003 - 2010 tank was completely destroyed). In total, the British Army received 1 Challenger 1994 units during the period 2002-386. As of 2, 2022 of these tanks remained in service (the rest are in storage or being converted into the Challenger 227 variant).



The British online publication The Independent reported that British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak approves a plan to transfer these tanks to Ukraine. He agreed to the immediate dispatch of four Challenger 2 units to Eastern Europe. Soon, eight more similar MBTs should join them. A Downing Street source said that the head of the British government will notify Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky of the decision during a telephone conversation scheduled for January 14.

We remind you that recently the office of the British Prime Minister announced their desire to change the course of hostilities in Ukraine in favor of Kyiv. In London, they believe that providing the Armed Forces of Ukraine with samples of tanks from Western countries will help the Ukrainian army in battles with the Russian Armed Forces.

We are accelerating our support for Ukraine by (providing) military of technologies the next generation to help win the conflict

a spokesman for the office told the Financial Times on January 11.
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  1. zloybond
    zloybond
    +4
    14 January 2023 13: 05
    It is high time to pass a law equating foreign mercenaries in Ukraine to terrorists. Their bodies should never be given to anyone - burial or burning and into manure. Especially British, USA, Poland, France, Germany, Tribaltica..etc.
    1. prior
      prior
      +1
      15 January 2023 08: 44
      It is better to adopt a law equating foreign aid to Ukraine with direct participation in the conflict, with all the consequences.
      There is a war going on. Military assistance in this case is not the sale of equipment to a neutral state to protect security. This is direct participation, this is gasoline in the fire of war.
      However, what am I talking about.
      No one in Russia will have the courage to pass such a law, neither the Duma nor Putin.
      "Bees against honey" - this does not happen.
      And "honey" for them is all in Western accounts ......
  2. Goga Smirnovich
    Goga Smirnovich
    -1
    14 January 2023 15: 32
    We drove, we drove, and we arrived! We already fought before the deliveries of tanks. Well, pull it out until they give f15-16 and tactical nuclear weapons with long-range missiles. it entered and how to wash it off.
    1. Vladimir Tuzakov
      Vladimir Tuzakov
      0
      14 January 2023 16: 39
      At first, modestly a dozen Leopards, Challengers, and later hundreds to Ukraine, if the Russian Federation continues to be silent. And in the meantime, it is urgent to work out antidotes against these MBTs. It seems that barrage ammunition in the form of Lancets with more powerful warheads and similar ones is better suited, so that there is something to meet the uninvited.
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    3. Fedya777
      Fedya777
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      15 January 2023 10: 06
      Quote: Goga Smirnovich
      We drove, we drove, and we arrived! We already fought before the deliveries of tanks. Well, pull it out until they give f15-16 and tactical nuclear weapons with long-range missiles. it entered and how to wash it off.

      The fact that Banderlogia is a huge piece of shit is for sure, but we will slowly wash this shit into the ditch of civilization so that it no longer stinks and spoils the life of the whole world
  3. Goga Smirnovich
    Goga Smirnovich
    0
    16 January 2023 02: 12
    Quote: Fedya777
    Quote: Goga Smirnovich
    We drove, we drove, and we arrived! We already fought before the deliveries of tanks. Well, pull it out until they give f15-16 and tactical nuclear weapons with long-range missiles. it entered and how to wash it off.

    The fact that Banderlogia is a huge piece of shit is for sure, but we will slowly wash this shit into the ditch of civilization so that it no longer stinks and spoils the life of the whole world

    it is a big mistake for all Ukrainians to rake in Bandera. This is not so! It is those drafted from the south-eastern regions of Ukraine who fight best in the Armed Forces of Ukraine. There, the vast majority of people still treat Bandera badly. .. (sorry!) Bandera, then Bandera. So it's much more convenient and what is there to understand ?!
    So, due to the CONSTANT and erroneous approach in the Russian Federation to Ukraine, mistakes of various sizes are regularly made, which can lead and are now generally leading to defeat in the war with Ukraine altogether.