According to the Minister of Defense of the country, Mariusz Blaszczak, Poland is already negotiating with the German government to agree on the supply of the necessary spare parts for the repair of tanks that will be used by the Ukrainian military.
Poland has declared its readiness to repair Western military equipment supplied by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. This was stated by the head of the Ministry of Defense of Poland, Mariusz Blaszczak, according to the British television channel Sky News.
According to the Minister of Defense, his country is ready to launch a service center that will update and service the tanks sent to Ukraine. Including Leopard-1.
“This is a problem (the problem of maintaining military equipment – ed.) that almost all countries that have Leopard face. But it can be solved primarily by German industry,” Blaschak said.
He also expressed hope that his colleague Boris Pistorius would convince the country’s industry to supply spare parts for old Leopard tanks, which Poland has committed to supply to Ukraine.
Hub for the repair of military equipment in Poland: what is known about this project
For the first time, Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki announced the creation of a military hub in Poland on September 9, 2022, at a joint briefing with the Presidents of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky and Latvia Egils Levits in Kiev.
“We will build such a hub where Polish companies will repair military equipment, they will earn money on it. We will also conduct military exercises in it,” the head of the Polish government said.
Morawiecki added that German and Dutch partners would be involved in the implementation of the project.
On November 18, 2022, it became known that Ukraine would produce weapons jointly with Poland, the Czech Republic, France, Denmark and several other NATO countries. This was reported by the press service of the Ukroboronprom concern.
“We are creating joint defense enterprises, building closed-cycle ammunition production lines, jointly producing armored vehicles and multiple rocket launchers, and jointly developing new high-tech weapons. To do this, we use both existing capacities and newly created ones in safe places,” the statement said. group statement.
According to Ukroboronprom, the agreement signed between the allied countries provided for:
1) production of military equipment;
2) an increase in the production of ammunition of various calibers;
3) development of service hubs for the maintenance and repair of weapons and equipment;
4) cooperation in the field of high technologies, in particular, the creation of joint research centers.
Recall that on February 24, on the anniversary of the Russian invasion, Warsaw, as part of military support, handed over to Ukraine the first batch of four Leopard 2 tanks. Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki announced the supply of equipment during a visit to Kiev.
Focus also wrote that this week (from March 7 to 12) another 10 Leopard 2 tanks will be sent to Ukraine. This was announced by Polish Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak in Warsaw before flying to Stockholm for an informal meeting of European Union defense ministers.
