The United Kingdom Defense Ministry announced that Ukrainian soldiers returned to their country after completing training on British Challenger 2 tanks, APA reports citing Teletrader.
Ukrainian troops "return to their homeland better equipped, but to no less danger," UK Defense Secretary Ben Wallace said in a statement. Lieutenant Colonel John Stone added that the British "have all been hugely impressed with the level of competence displayed and have no doubt that our friends will use the Challenger 2 tanks most effectively in the battles to come."
The tanks will be delivered with depleted uranium ammunition and the announcement has caused even more tensions between Russia and the West.