Poland plans to set up maintenance hub for Leopard 2 tanks sent to Ukraine

Polish Defence Minister Mariusz Blaszczak has said that Poland is ready to set up a hub to service Leopard battle tanks that are being sent to Ukraine, Bloomberg informs.

Blaszczak expects his German counterpart Boris Pistorius to convince the country’s industry to deliver spare parts for older-type Leopard tanks that Poland had committed to deliver to Ukraine.

According to him, the lack of spare parts has caused differences between Warsaw and Berlin.

“The main problem is the lack of spare parts,” Blaszczak told reporters in Warsaw before flying to Stockholm for an informal meeting of European Union defence ministers.

“I hope for a breakthrough,” he added.

The Polish top defence official pledged to deliver ten more Leopard 2A4 battle tanks to Ukraine this week after handing over its first four units on February 24, 2023.