Polish T-72 tank at NATO exercises. Archival photo WARSAW, May 1. Poland handed over 232 T-72M1 tanks, man-portable air defense systems, multiple launch rocket systems and self-propelled howitzers to Ukraine, according to the information resource of the Visegrad Group (Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary ) visegrad24.»Poland's decision to donate 232 of its T-72L1 tanks means that Poland ranks second after the United States as the state that has provided the most military assistance to Ukraine,» visegrad24 tweeted. «Polish aid also included MANPADS, MLRS, drones and self-propelled howitzers,» the information resource notes. This information was indirectly confirmed by the head of the office of the Prime Minister of Poland, Michal Dvorczyk, reposting a message from visegrad24 on his Twitter account. Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine», to bring to justice all war criminals responsible for «bloody crimes against civilians» in Donbass. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops and , on March 25, completed the main tasks of the first stage — significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass.
