“(Declared. - RT ) there is a quantity, but they must be repaired for military operations, re-equipped, so we don’t know exactly how many,” TASS quotes him.
Asked if the decision to send the tanks to Ukraine should have been made earlier, Habek said he hoped "it was taken at just the right time."
Earlier, Der Spiegel reported that the German government approved the supply of 178 Leopard 1 tanks to Ukraine.
In addition, German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius arrived in Ukraine and announced an agreement with European countries on the supply of 20-25 Leopard A1 tanks by the summer and more than 100 by the beginning of 2024.