One of Britain’s Challenger 2 tanks in drills on Salisbury PlainBritain is planning to send tanks to Poland in a significant escalation of its military support so that Ukraine can then be supplied by the Polish government with Soviet-era T-72 tanks. Boris Johnson revealed during a press conference in India that the UK was considering “backfilling” its Polish ally so that Warsaw can send some of its own tanks across the border to the Ukrainian army. SponsoredThe Times has been told that the UK is planning to send Challenger 2 tanks, the main battle tank of the British Army. In other developments:• Up to 9,000 civilians could be buried in mass graves shown in satellite images near Mariupol, Ukrainian officials said. • Britain will reopen its embassy in Kyiv in a mark of solidarity

Source: The Times April 22, 2022 23:00 UTC