British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Saturday said the UK will provide tanks to Ukraine to help Kyiv's forces "push Russian troops back".Sunak made the pledge to supply Challenger 2 tanks and additional artillery systems as a sign of the UK's "ambition to intensify our support to Ukraine", according to a readout of a phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.The move makes the UK the first Western power to supply the Ukrainians with main battle tanks, the PA news agency said. France on January 4 said it would supply Kyiv with the French-made AMX-10 RC -- a light tank model.
January 14, 2023 | 03:42 PM