Ukraine has been showered with Soviet-era weapons by NATO members, this is the most recent

KIEV – Slovak Defense Minister Jaroslav Nad said his country has sent dozens of BMP-1 infantry fighting vehicles to Ukraine in exchange for promised deliveries of armor from Germany.

Bratislava has a record of shipping obsolete military hardware to Kiev while receiving NATO-friendly replacements.

“The two countries agreed on an arms exchange in the summer,” Nad said on social media.

Slovakia will receive 15 overhauled Leopard 2A4 tanks, complete with ammunition, spare parts and training, in exchange for Soviet-era hardware donated to Ukraine.

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“Now that Slovakia has fulfilled its end of the deal, hopefully German tanks will start arriving as early as next month and the deal will be completed through 2023,” Nad said.

“Leopard tanks will significantly strengthen Slovakia’s capabilities and help it build a NATO-standard heavy mechanized brigade,” he said.

Nad thanked German Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht for “excellent cooperation” in a tweet announcing the scheme on Tuesday.

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Slovakia, as part of Czechoslovakia, is a former member of the Warsaw Pact which joined NATO in 2004.