Poland’s defence minister, Mariusz Błaszczak, has said his country has delivered its first Leopard tanks to Ukraine.

Błaszczak, speaking in his opening remarks at a meeting of the National Security Council in Warsaw, said:

The prime minister couldn’t be here, he went to Kyiv to bring Leopard tanks which are the first batch delivered to Ukraine.Government spokesman, Piotr Müller, confirmed that the first Leopard tanks from Poland had gone to “our neighbours” in Ukraine.

Poland’s prime minister, Mateusz Morawiecki, is in Kyiv today in a show of support to Ukraine in its fight against Russia.