Olaf Scholz confirms decision after weeks of pressure, with Berlin providing 14 tanks and allowing partners to re-export others
German has confirmed it will make 14 Leopard 2A6 tanks available for Ukraine’s war effort, and give partner countries permission to re-export further battle tanks to Kyiv, overcoming misgivings about sending heavy weaponry thatChancellor Olaf Scholz’s seeming hesitancy on the question of delivering the battle tanks wanted by the Zelenskiy government had in recent days caused growing consternation among western allies.
“This decision follows on from our official line to support Ukraine to the best of our ability,” said Scholz. “We are acting in close international coordination.”, we had to break a rule and now we supply the most weapons, together with Great Britain. If we sum up what we’ve decided to deliver so far, then we can say that Germany will always be pioneering support for Ukraine.”
In remarks to reporters, Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskov claimed the diplomatic wrangling over the deliveries of the tanks showed that Nato was divided in its support for Ukraine. “Clearly, not everything is going smoothly: it’s not going smoothly within the alliance and with the availability of tanks,” he said.
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