Oleksii Reznikov wrote about this on Twitter.
“It's official: The tank coalition for Ukraine has been born and is actively growing. Soon, we will happily welcome Leopards, Challengers and Abrams on the Ukrainian ground. A lot of them,” he tweeted.
On February 2, Defense Attaché of the Ukrainian Embassy in the United States Borys Kremenetskyi suggested that the Leopard and Challenger tanks provided to Ukraine would be deployed in combat operations, probably by summer.
On Friday, February 3, the Pentagon announced a new USD 2.2 billion defense aid package for Ukraine.
Ukraine's Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov says Ukraine will use main battle tanks provided by NATO countries for a counteroffensive.