Mariusz Błaszczak, Poland's Defence Minister write this in his Twitter.
"The technical maintenance hub in Gliwice has started operating! The first two Leopards have already arrived from Ukraine to the Buma plant" - said Mariusz Błaszczak.
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It should be noted the "tank coalition" agreed on April 2022 on the sidelines of the Ramstein meeting to set up the Leopard 2 maintenance centre for Ukraine in Poland
On April 25, Mariusz Błaszczak said to Polskie Radio: "The Leopard 2A4 and 2A6 main battle tanks that are currently on the Ukrainian front line will be serviced and repaired at the Bumar-Łabędy factory in Gliwice. This repair centre will open in May".
Błaszczak added that the establishment of the centre will contribute to the creation of additional jobs in Gliwice.
The Minister highlighted that the reason for choosing this factory was that it has been servicing, repairing and upgrading Leopard 2A4 tanks to the 2PL version for 20 years.
He added that the Polish T-72 tanks which Warsaw has already supplied to Kyiv are also repaired and upgraded in Gliwice.
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