Poland is ready to set up a hub to service Leopard battle tanks that are being sent to Ukraine, Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak said on Tuesday.
(Bloomberg) — Poland is ready to set up a hub to service Leopard battle tanks that are being sent to Ukraine, Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak said on Tuesday.
Blaszczak expects his German counterpart Boris Pistorius to convince the country’s industry to deliver spare parts for older-type Leopard tanks that Poland had committed to deliver to Ukraine. The lack of spare parts has created frictions between the government in Warsaw and Berlin.
“The main problem is the lack of spare parts,” Blaszczak told reporters in Warsaw before flying to Stockholm for an informal meeting of European Union defense ministers. “I hope for a breakthrough.”
Poland will deliver 10 more Leopard 2A4 battle tanks to Ukraine this week after handing over its first four units on Feb. 24, according to Blaszczak.
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