UK defence secretary will meet counterparts from Poland and Baltics in drive to get Berlin to agree re-export of Leopard 2 tanks
Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022 and it currently occupies about a sixth of Ukraine’s territory in the east and south, after 11 months of fighting. After Ukraine survived the initial onslaught last spring, the west has progressively stepped up its military aid to Kyiv.Boris Pistorius
Pistorius is a member of Scholz’s Social Democratic party but his appointment came as a surprise, not least because he has a low profile in Germany and is little known internationally. He has a reputation as a sharp-tongued, no-nonsense policymaker.
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