Ukrinform
February 13, 2023

Duda, Błaszczak meet with Ukrainian tank crew members undergoing training in

President of Poland Andrzej Duda and Minister of National Defence of Poland Mariusz Błaszczak have visited a tank training ground in Świętoszów and met with the Ukrainian tank crew members, who are undergoing training on Leopard 2 tanks there, and their instructors.

“Together with Mr. Prime Minister [Błaszczak], we are pleased to see how our instructors, in cooperation with colleagues from Canada and Norway, are delivering training and how fast the Ukrainian military, the very experienced tank crew members who came directly from the front and who used to be on the front several days ago, are mastering tanks,” Duda told reporters during a briefing,

According to Duda, Poland has already handed over 240 T-72 tanks to Ukraine and is planning to transfer more old tanks in the near future. Additionally, Poland provided…Piorun man-portable air defense systems and the Krab self-propelled howitzers to Ukraine….

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Ukrinform
February 13, 2023

Ukrainian soldiers have arrived in Poland to undergo training on Leopard 2 tanks

“105 Ukrainian soldiers have arrived in Poland for training on Leopard 2. These are 21 tank crews, as well as tank maintenance technical personnel,” Krzysztof Sieradzki, head of the 10th Armored Brigade’s training group, told journalists at a tank training ground in Swietoszow….

He also noted that Ukrainians have experience in operating battle tanks, so it is easier for them to master new battle tanks.