This week, British instructors began training the Ukrainian military to work with Challanger 2 tanks on the territory of the kingdom. This was stated by British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak during a telephone conversation with President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky, TASS reports.

According to the prime minister's office, Sunak personally met with Ukrainian tank crews who arrived in the UK in the kingdom at the end of January.

Sunak and Zelensky "agreed on the importance" of international partners accelerating assistance to Ukraine and explored the issue of strengthening the "capacity of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the long term." London is "focused on ensuring that British defensive military equipment reaches the front lines as quickly as possible," the report said.

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In January, the UK announced that it would donate 14 Challenger 2 battle tanks to Kyiv.

The head of the Ministry of Defense of the kingdom, Ben Wallace, specified that Kyiv would receive tanks before the summer - in April or May.