“In accordance with the implementation of this plan, we will be able to send three of them (Leopard tank. -

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) in the coming March,” the Correio da Manha newspaper quoted him as saying.

German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius, in turn, said that the first battalion of Leopard 2 tanks would be delivered to Ukraine over the next three to four months.

On February 4, António Costa announced the decision of the Portuguese authorities to send Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine.