After weeks of hesitation that saw growing impatience among Germany's allies, Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced Wednesday that his government would provide Ukraine with Leopard 2 battle tanks and approve requests by other countries to do the same.
After weeks of hesitation that saw growing impatience among Germany's allies, Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced Wednesday that his government would provide Ukraine with Leopard 2 battle tanks and approve requests by other countries to do the same.The German government has confirmed it will provide Ukraine with Leopard 2 battle tanks and approve requests by other countries to do the same
"This decision follows our well-known line of supporting Ukraine to the best of our ability," Scholz said after a Cabinet meeting in Berlin.The long-awaited decision came after U.S. officials said Tuesday that a preliminary agreement had been struck for the United States to send M1 Abrams tanks to help Ukraine's troops push back Russian forces that remain entrenched in the country's east almost a year after Moscow's invasion and war.
"And yet it is the right decision," Brose said, arguing that it was up to Western democracies to help Ukraine stop Russia's military campaign. "Simply because of technological aspects, this is a rather disastrous plan. The main thing is, this is a completely obvious overestimation of the potential would add to the armed forces of Ukraine. It is yet another fallacy, a rather profound one," the Kremlin official said.
"Germany risks being drawn directly into the war as a result," its co-leader, Tino Chrupalla, said. The party, known by its acronym AfD, has friendly ties to Russia. Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki of Poland, which was among the countries leading the call for Western allies to send tanks to Germany, thanked Scholz following Wednesday's announcement.
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