The bikes can reach speeds as high as 50 mph (80 km/h).🚴
Unless you are an electric bike aficionado, you likely haven't heard of ELEEK and Delfast. But these two companies are making a difference in the Ukraine war by providing Ukrainian soldiers with electric bikes that they can use to destroy Russian tanks. The news surfaced on social media last week and has not been covered much which is too bad because it is quite an exciting development. On May 8, about the arrival of bikes from ELEEK to the nation's armed forces.
"Does Delfast help the Armed Forces of Ukraine with electric bikes? Yup. We handed electric bikes to the frontline in the first weeks of the war, only we did not talk about it - some things we do quietly. Now we have received permission from the command, and we are posting photos. A container of NLAW missile is attached to the bike - you understand where and what our bikes are used for," Tonkopi said.
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