Poland is negotiating creation of "tank coalition": Turkey is among likely members

Mariusz Błaszczak tweeted about it.

"On my initiative, we held negotiations among countries with Leopard 2A4 tanks to jointly create a coalition of donors of modern armoured weapons for Ukraine," he said.

The Polish Defense Minister also tweeted a photo in the background of which there is a flag of Turkey, so probably the country will join the coalition. It is known from open sources that Turkey has more than 300 Leopard 2 tanks in service.

Z mojej inicjatywy rozmawialiśmy w gronie państw posiadających czołgi Leopard 2A4, by wspólnie stworzyć koalicję donatorów nowoczesnej broni pancernej na Ukrainę. pic.twitter.com/Nr6P1loI8E

— Mariusz Błaszczak (@mblaszczak) January 27, 2023

• On January 25, it became known that Ukraine would receive 14 Leopard 2 tanks from the Bundeswehr, and Germany also allowed partner countries to provide Ukrainian defenders with German tanks from their own stocks. The same day, Joe Biden officially announced delivery of 31 American-made M1 Abrams tanks, as well as other equipment to Ukraine.

• On January 26, Canadian Defense Minister Anita Anand announced that her country would transfer four Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine.

• The next day, Poland reported its readiness to send 60 more of its modernized tanks, including 30 PT-91s, to Ukrainian Armed Forces, in addition to a company of German Leopard 2s.