Slovakia donates dozens of infantry fighting vehicles to Ukraine

Slovak Defence Ministry has transferred 30 units of BMP-1 infantry fighting vehicles to Ukraine.

Slovak Defence Minister Jaro Nad made the remarks on his Twitter account on November 29, Caliber.Az reports.

"Glad to confirm that 30 Slovak BMP1 infantry fighting vehicles were donated to Ukraine based on the Ringtausch agreement with Germany. Thanks [German Defence Minister] Christine Lambrecht for the excellent cooperation. Glory to Ukraine," he wrote.

The BMP-1 armoured infantry fighting vehicle is intended to operate jointly with tanks in combat and transport personnel. The fighting vehicle was adopted by the USSR in 1966. It was serially produced from 1966 to 1983. It was used during the war in Afghanistan and many other military conflicts. Then the improved model BMP-2 was started to be produced on the basis of BMP-1.