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Large quantities of heavy tanks are awaiting Ukraine from member states of the European Union and NATO, especially from Germany, France and Poland. Ukrainian media announced today, Tuesday, that the German military company Rheinmetall is ready to send 139 Leopard tanks to Ukraine, as soon as the German government gives permission to do so.

And the Ukrainian news agency Ukrinform stated that, according to German reports, the manufacturer has expressed its willingness to deliver 29 Leopard 2A4 tanks by April to May, and it may also deliver another 22 tanks of the same type at the end of 2023 or early 2024.

In addition, the company could also transfer 88 older Leopard 1 tanks, but did not give a specific time frame for completing this process.
It was also reported that Poland announced its intention to ask Berlin to agree to the transfer of Polish Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine, and in the absence of such approval, Warsaw intends in any case to transfer the tanks to Kyiv within the "junior coalition" of Western countries.

This came after the leader of the right-wing opposition National Rally party in the French Parliament, Marine Le Pen, announced that she opposes the supply of heavy tanks to Ukraine.
 
Le Pen told French BFMTV: "I refuse to supply heavy tanks to Ukraine and I have spoken about it and I think it may lead to an exacerbation of the conflict and that we do not internationalize the conflict by providing heavy weapons. It is a great danger and a danger to a negotiated peaceful solution."
 
Earlier, French President Emmanuel Macron announced that he was not ruling out any options regarding other arms supplies to Ukraine, including Leclerc tanks.
The French Ministry of Defense stated that Paris will transfer the AMX-10RC armored vehicles or wheeled tanks to Ukraine within two months.

In Tokyo, Ukrainian sappers arrived today in Japan to continue training in landmine detection devices and others after receiving similar training sessions in Cambodia.

Ukrinform quoted Ukrainian Ambassador to Japan Sergey Korsunsky through his official account on the social networking site "Facebook" as saying: "These days, a delegation from the State Emergency Service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine is in Japan. After the training in Cambodia, experts arrived Ukrainian bombers to Tokyo to continue their training, as well as to meet with officials of the Japanese International Cooperation Agency and the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

He pointed out that Japan will deliver the first batch of landmine clearance equipment to Ukraine, where the Japanese side is currently studying the issue of personnel training, taking into account the experience of practical application.

The Japan International Cooperation Agency has launched a multi-level cooperation program with the State Emergency Service of Ukraine, and within the program, mine experts of the State Emergency Service have obtained high-tech equipment for demining for humanitarian purposes.

On February 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the start of a special military operation in Ukraine, stressing that Moscow had no plans to occupy Ukrainian lands, but aimed at disarmament. The United States and its allies responded by imposing severe sanctions and increasing weapons supplies. to Ukraine.

In addition, a report by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine stated that the Russian forces in Luhansk are evacuating the families of the soldiers of the Second Corps of the Russian Armed Forces from the city and transporting them to the territory of the Russian Federation.

The statement added that during the past day, Russian forces launched nine missile strikes on populated areas in Kharkiv, Donetsk and Zaporizhia, in addition to 27 airstrikes and 79 attacks with multiple launch rocket systems.

He pointed out that the Russian forces are continuing their offensive in the directions of Bakhmut and Avdiivka, despite the heavy losses. In the direction of the Kobyansk region, the Russian forces carried out unsuccessful offensive operations, and all Russian attacks were repulsed by the Ukrainian defenders.
Politically, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba thanked Kuwait for its support to Ukraine.

"During my call, I thanked the Kuwaiti Foreign Minister, Sheikh Salem Al-Sabah, for the Kuwaiti humanitarian aid," Kuleba wrote - in a tweet on the social networking site "Twitter" today -.

And Russian President Vladimir Putin had ordered, on February 24, the start of a special military operation in Ukraine, stressing that Moscow had no plans to occupy Ukrainian lands, but aimed at disarmament, and the United States and its allies responded by imposing severe sanctions, and they increased weapons supplies to Ukraine.