MELITOPOL, February 3. /TASS/. The Sudoplatov battalion, manned by volunteers in the Zaporozhye Region, has announced a reward of 12 million rubles for each working Leopard, Abrams, or Challenger tank captured.

"The Sudoplatov battalion officially announces that it will pay 12 million rubles for each operational Leopard, Abrams or Challenger tank seized," the battalion said on its Telegram channel on Friday.

On January 14, Britain was the first Western country to announce that it would provide 14 Challenger 2 main battle tanks to Kiev. On January 25, the US authorities announced their intention to send 31 M1 Abrams tanks to Ukraine. On the same day, the German government confirmed that it would transfer 14 Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine and issue re-export permission to other countries.