 The West will supply Ukraine with a large number of modernized T-72 tanks. The Czech Republic expressed its readiness to modernize several dozen more T-72 tanks as part of a partnership project with the United States and the Netherlands to strengthen military support for Kiev. This was stated at the meeting of the contact group on the defence of Ukraine at the Rammstein airbase meeting. Daniel Blačkovac, Czech Deputy Minister of Defence said that when it comes to the issue of assistance to Ukraine, the Czech Republic combines the maximum donations from army stocks, purchases from state funds, community funds and commercial supplies. He added that the current priorities of Prague, in terms of armed support to Kiev, are BMP to infantry fighting vehicles, tanks, large-caliber ammunition, means of electronic warfare, reconnaissance and air defence. Among other things as part of a trilateral project with the United States and the Netherlands to supply more than 90 modernized T-72 tanks, Ukraine has already received 37 and more are being received every month. We propose to increase the production rate by dozens more tanks if the partners are interested in financing this project, said Aless Vitečka, director of the Czech Intergovernmental Defence Cooperation Agency. Blačkovac added that the Czech Republic is ready to negotiate the creation of a centre for maintenance, repair and overhaul of heavy equipment on the basis of VOP state company and several private companies. At the meeting of the Contact Group on Defence of Ukraine in the Ramstein format, a meeting of the heads of defence departments of the countries that a part of the so-called Tank Coalition was held. The participants of the meeting signed a protocol of intent on the creation of a centre for the repair and maintenance of the Lepid II main battle tanks in Poland previously delivered to Ukraine.