Eight months after signing an agreement with the Czech VOP CZ to repair Ukrainian T-64s, the company has not received a single tank.

Rostislav Rožnovský, spokesperson of VOP CZ, stated this to ČTK.

Last June, the Czech Ministry of Defense announced the signing of a contract for the repair and modernization of T-64 tanks of the Ukrainian army.

The Czech company was to overhaul the tanks and replace their sighting systems and radios with modern analogs under the supervision of Ukrainian experts who are familiar with this type of equipment.

However, in the eight months since the contract was signed, not a single combat vehicle was received for the performance of these services.

According to the CZ VOP spokesperson Rostislav Rožnovský, the contract is still valid but is not fulfilled due to lack of equipment.

“VOP CZ is ready to accept tanks at any time and start working on them, but we have nothing to repair yet. The Ukrainian side has not yet delivered tanks,” Rožnovský noted.

The Czech Ministry of Defense has not yet commented on this.

The lack of the necessary equipment may be due to the fact that most of the necessary tasks to repair these tanks can be performed within the country. It is reported that Ukraine continues to repair and modernize armored vehicles even during the war.

Last August, Militarnyi reported that Ukraine was upgrading its tanks to the T-64BV mod. 2022 level.

The upgraded vehicles were equipped with improved protection, a new gunner thermal sight, an updated driver compartment, a military-grade L3 Harris digital radio, and an SN-4215 satellite navigation device.

In addition, some orders may also be fulfilled by another country. In particular, in April 2023, the Polish armored plant Bumar-Labędy also started repairing T-64 tanks under an agreement between Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa and the Ukrainian Ukroboronprom concern.