The first batch of Leopard 1 will be delivered to the Ukrainian army as early as in the spring.

The tanks will be delivered within the framework of the Danish-German-Dutch project on the transfer of tanks to Ukraine.

Acting Minister of Defense of Denmark Troels Lund Poulsen said that the terms of deliveries became clear after visiting the German company Flensburger Fahrzeugbau Gesellschaft (FFG).

Flensburger Fahrzeugbau Gesellschaft is preparing Leopard 1 tanks for transfer to Ukraine.

“I am very glad that I visited FFG. I was there to make sure that work on the preparation of the Leopard 1 tanks for Ukraine was progressing so that we could send them as soon as possible. I am proud that Denmark, in cooperation with other countries, supports the Ukrainian struggle for freedom with this large and important donation, and we still hope that we will be able to deliver the first tanks to Ukraine in the spring,” Troels Lund Poulsen said.

The Ministry of Defense recalled that the Danish government had started cooperation with Germany and the Netherlands with the aim of transferring at least 100 Leopard 1 tanks to Ukraine.

Denmark started a project to modernize a large number of Leopard 1A5 tanks together with the Netherlands and Germany in early February.

The first phase of the project is to deliver tanks for two battalions – equivalent to approximately 80 tanks – as quick as possible.

“It is expected that the first tanks will be ready in the spring and will be used for training of the Ukrainian military,” the Danish Ministry of Defense said in its statement.

As part of the project, Ukraine will be offered training and training in the use of tanks, as well as spare parts and a set of ammunition.

As previously reported, Ukrainian soldiers have already completed training on Leopard 2 tanks in Poland, and all Polish tanks of this type, which Warsaw was supposed to hand over to Kyiv, have already arrived in Ukraine.

Poland is ready to maintain and repair Western tanks that are supplied to Ukraine to resist the Russian invasion.