According to RIA Novosti, the Ukrainian politician admitted that it will take some time to receive tanks from the West and train the military to handle them.

Earlier in Germany, they announced that the training of soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to work with the BMP Marder would begin before the end of January.

It was also reported that a little more than half of the Germans supported the decision of the German authorities to transfer tanks to Ukraine.

Ukrainian Ambassador to France Vadim Omelchenko said that Western countries have promised to transfer 321 tanks to the Ukrainian army.