“The Prime Minister and ministers are speaking to our allies across the world in the following days and weeks to ramp up the pressure on Putin and to secure a better future for Ukraine.” That’s why we are surging our military support. Mr Sunak’s official spokesman said: “We believe that a long and static war only serves to benefit Russia. The UK will begin training the Ukrainian Armed Forces to use the tanks and guns in the coming days. Each regiment operates 56 Challenger 2 tanks and a similar number of supporting vehicles in tasks such as reconnaissance and ammunition supply. The regiments are called The Queen’s Royal Hussars, The King’s Royal Hussars, The Royal Tank Regiment, and The Royal Wessex Yeomanry – the reserve regiment. The Challenger 2 is used by four armoured regiments, based in the South West of England at Tidworth, Wiltshire, and Bovington, Dorset. It was designed as a replacement to the Challenger 1 tank in 1986, and has been in service with the British Army since July 1994. ![]() The tank was initially built in the UK by Vickers Defence Systems, now BAE Systems and Land Armaments. Ukraine war peace talks in Saudi Arabia likely to fail like all the others did - here's why 05 August, 2023 Ukraine’s stuttering counteroffensive faces a new challenge: a 40-degree heatwave 05 August, 2023 Ukraine marine drone strike hits warship in first attack on Russian commercial port of the war 04 August, 2023
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