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Ukraine troops train on Leopard tanks in Germany

August 17, 2023

A few months ago, Germany pledged to start sending battle tanks to help Ukrainian forces in their fight against Russia. Since then, scores of Leopard tanks have been sent along with an exhaustive program to teach Ukrainian soldiers how to use them.

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