Rishi Sunak offers tanks to Ukraine to help ‘push Russian troops back’

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Rishi Sunak offers tanks to Ukraine to help ‘push Russian troops back’
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The prime minister offered the Challenger 2 tanks during a phone call on Saturday with Volodymyr Zelenskiy

Photograph: LCpl Spencer/Ministry of Defence/Crown Copyright/PAPhotograph: LCpl Spencer/Ministry of Defence/Crown Copyright/PARishi Sunak has confirmed the UK will provide tanks to Ukraine to help Kyiv’s forces “push Russian troops back”.

Zelenskiy thanked the UK on Twitter for making decisions that “will not only strengthen us on the battlefield, but also send the right signal to other partners”.A UK government insiders said the decision on tanks had to be made now in order to ensure Ukrainian soldiers could be trained in how to use the mobile weapons before a potential spring offensive.

“The prime minister and President Zelenskiy welcomed other international commitments in this vein, including Poland’s offer to provide a company of Leopard tanks.

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