Medvedev said that Leopard tanks will not save Ukraine

Leopard tanks, which Poland is going to transfer to Kyiv, and other Western weapons will not save Ukraine. This was stated by Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev.

There are all sorts of “Leopards” there, modernized by our enemies T-72, which I spoke about yesterday, some other English illiquid asset. All this iron in any case will soon become rusty scrap metal and will not save the artificial country falling apart, ”- wrote he is in his Telegram channel.

This is how Medvedev commented on the meeting in Lviv of the presidents of Ukraine, Poland and Lithuania. According to the Russian politician, these leaders “pray, as it turned out, for tanks.”

Medvedev also hinted that they want to “attach the new (former) owners” to Western Ukraine. The Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation said that Lvov “will again bear the name of Lemberg.” The city bore this name as part of the Austrian and then the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

January 11, President of Poland Andrzej Duda declaredthat Warsaw would transfer a company of Leopard tanks to Kyiv. Earlier, The Wall Street Journal wrote that Poland could provide Ukraine with Leopard 2 tanks, but then a representative of the Polish government said that such a transfer would not take place until the Polish army received new Korean and American tanks.

The day before, January 10, Medvedev visited armored repair plant in St. Petersburg and held a meeting on control over the production of military equipment and weapons. Medvedev outlined the production, repair and supply of tanks as the main topic. He drew attention to the fact that the enemy plans to finance the modernization of 100 T-72 tanks. Medvedev stressed that Russian defense enterprises must act “faster, more persistently and more efficiently.”