Sending tanks to Ukraine will weaken the British army.
General “Patrick Sanders”, the Chief of the General Staff of the British Armed Forces, announced in an internal message that was seen by the “Sky News” channel that sending tanks to Ukraine will weaken the country’s army.
Patrick Sanders said about this: “After sending tanks and artillery to Ukraine, there is no doubt that the British army will be weaker and less able to confront Russia.”
However, he claimed about the justification of sending this advanced equipment to Ukraine: “But Ukraine needs our tanks and weapons and I know they will use them well; “The defeat of Russia will increase our security.”
The British government officially announced yesterday, Monday, that it will provide 14 Challenger 2 battle tanks to the Ukrainian army in the coming weeks.
After the United States, England is the second country that has provided the most military and financial aid to the Ukrainian army since the beginning of the Russian military operation in Ukraine.
Dmitry Peskov, the spokesman of the Kremlin yesterday, Monday, in response to this action of the British government, said that the Westerners are using Ukraine to achieve their anti-Russian goals, and the tanks that are going to be sent from England to Kiev will be burned like other tanks.
Pointing out that the military equipment of countries like England and Poland will not change the conditions of the battlefield, he said that these aids will only prolong the war and, according to him, will eventually “create more problems for Ukraine.”
Ukrainian President Vladimir Putin said yesterday (Sunday) that the country’s military operations in Ukraine, which began on February 24, 2022 (March 5, 1400), went according to plan and had a positive trend, and Russian soldiers brought more victories to the country. will bring