02:34 PM
Wednesday, January 25, 2023
Stockholm – (dpa)
Sweden has announced that it currently has no plans to send Leopard 2 combat tanks to Ukraine, but does not rule out sending them in the future.
“Currently, there are no preparations for donating tanks from Sweden, but we do not rule out that this will happen at a later stage,” Swedish Defense Minister Pal Johnson told the “Svenska Dagbladet” newspaper. He had already told Swedish radio last Friday that there were generally no objections to sending tanks to Ukraine.
Germany wants to deliver Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine and also allows countries like Poland to do so. The Swedish army has about 120 “Leopard-2” tanks, also known as “Stridsvagen 122” in Sweden.
Media reports said Norway is also considering sending Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine.
The newspaper “Aftenposten” that the government in Oslo, is currently studying this. She hasn’t made a decision yet.
