Leopard 2 tanks, German armaments company Rheinmetall wants to buy 96 Leopard 1 tanks from Swiss defence firm Ruag to send to Ukraine, the Swiss newspaper Tages- Anzeiger has reported.
The deal involves used and non-operational Leopard 1 tanks, which Ruag bought in 2016 in Italy and which are still there.
“Rheinmetall wanted to buy the vehicles and made it clear that they would be delivered to Ukraine after being reconditioned,” a spokesperson for Ruag told Tages-Anzeiger.
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Ruag requested a non-binding preliminary clarification from the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs, and received a negative answer, according to Tages-Anzeiger.
The deal could however still go through and is likely to be discussed by Switzerland’s Federal Council. When, exactly, is unclear.