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Plant construction German company Rheinmetall , which will have the capacity to produce up to 400 Leopard tanks per year, may soon be launched in Ukraine.
Armin Papperger, CEO of the company, told the Rheinische Post.< /p>
“The factory Rheinmetall can be built in Ukraine,” said Papperger.
According to him, there is already some agreement on this matter and this could help decide the fate of the business in the next 2 months.
According to The construction of the plant will cost Papperger 200 million euros, and its capacity will allow the production of up to 400 tanks per year.
Earlier, the 360 TV channel announced that the Russian army captured the first German tank with a Polish crew. Previously, Germany, together with other NATO countries, promised to supply Kiev with military equipment, in particular 14 German Leopard tanks.
Russian Ambassador to Germany Sergey Nechaev said that with the supply of Western tanks to the armed forces of Ukraine, the level of escalation of the conflict would rise to a new level level.