German defence minister says he expects quick response, as application increases pressure on chancellor Olaf Scholz
The Polish government has requested Berlin’s permission to send itsto Ukraine after the German government appeared to say it would not block their export.
A German government source has said it would treat the Polish application with the “required urgency” and that a decision could be made within one to two weeks. Warsaw’s initiative is expected to give other countries in possession of the tanks, and which had indicated their readiness to send them to, the impetus to follow suit. It also increases pressure on Berlin to announce that it will send its own stocks of the German-made tank. Błaszczak called on Berlin to “join the coalition of countries which want to support Ukraine with Leopard 2 tanks”. There are believed to be more than 2,000 of the tanks in Europe.
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