![]() ![]() German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Sunday did not say whether Germany would agree to provide Ukraine with battle tanks, but the Reuters news agency reported that he said such decisions would be made in coordination with allies including the United States.Įuropean Leadership Criticizes Germany’s Indecision on Tanks He also warned that countries supplying weapons to Ukraine "will carry responsibility for that." Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Monday that the debate among European countries about whether to send Ukraine tanks showed "increasing nervousness" within NATO. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's chief of staff, Andriy Yermak, wrote Monday on Telegram that what Ukraine needs is not 10-20 tanks, "but several hundred" in order to achieve its goal. Ukraine has long sought heavy tanks to combat Russian forces using more modern tanks than those in Ukraine's arsenal. Until Baerbock's comments, Germany had been reticent to send its own Leopard 2s to Ukraine or approve their transfer by countries that purchased the tanks from Germany. Germany Says It Won’t Object if Poland Delivers Leopard 2 Tanks to Ukraine
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