Her Minister of Defense Ukrainian Alexei Reznikov said today that the new tanks supplied by his countries NATO Kyiv will be an “iron fist” in Kyiv’s counterattack to break the Russian defense lines.

Reznikov said at a press conference with his Polish colleague Mariusz Blaszczak that Western supplies of 155mm guns are vital for Ukraine to counter Russian attacks in the south and south of the country. Eastern Ukraine.

“A new tank coalition with the main tanks of NATO countries is needed for a counterattack [και] we will use him like an iron fist to break their line of defense,” he said.

Poland’s defense minister, who was in Kyiv today for talks with Reznikov, said Warsaw was helping to train Ukrainian soldiers in the use of Western tanks and that completing the training was a matter of “weeks, not days or months.”

Last month, Kyiv secured commitments from the West to supply main battle tanks to repel a Russian invasion, and Moscow is making huge efforts to advance in eastern Ukraine.

Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said the Ukrainian government expects to receive 120 to 140 Western tanks from a coalition of 12 countries in the first wave of deliveries, including German Leopard 2s, British Challenger 2s and American M1 Abrams.

^{Source: APE-MEB, Reuters}