Netherlands ready to pay for supply of Leopard tanks to Ukraine

09:20, 20.01.2023 1 min read

The Netherlands is ready to pay for the supply of Leopard tanks to Ukraine, carried out by a coalition of European and NATO allies.

According to Bloomberg, the corresponding statement was made by Minister of Defense of the Netherlands Kajsa Ollongren.

"That is definitely something that we would be willing to do," she told reporters in Davos.

At the same time, the minister said Western countries are still waiting for the final position of Germany on this matter, adding that she herself is a supporter of the supply of tanks to Ukraine.

Ollongren also said the Netherlands had previously paid for sending Ukraine Soviet T-72 tanks from the Czech Republic, and this approach could be replicated for German-made Leopard tanks.