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Germany “conditions” before sending its tanks to Ukraine

Ukraine "Unless the United States agreed to send its own tanks".

As reported by the newspaper "Wall Street Journal" American officials on German, saying that Berlin "It will not allow its NATO allies to ship German-made tanks to Ukraine unless Washington agrees to send American-made battle tanks.".

Several European governments have said they are ready to send German-made tanks to Ukraine, including Poland, Finland and Denmark, if they get approval from Berlin, although no official request has been made.

He owns an alliance NATO More than two thousand German-made Leopard tanks.

As the German chancellor Olaf Schultz He made statements in the same context, where he said:

• "Berlin will not act alone with regard to sending heavy weapons to Ukraine, but will always remain united with its friends and allies" according to his expression.

• "Anything other than that would be irresponsible in such a situation"which he described as dangerous.

• "The Western Allies spent a great deal of time preparing, arguing and organizing for this"with mounting pressure on Berlin to send tanks "Leopard 2" to Kyiv.

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Zelensky appeals

Since Ukraine regained large swathes of its territory in the east and south in the second half of 2022, the situation on the front lines has intensified.

Kyiv says new Western weapons, especially heavy combat tanks, are essential to regain momentum this year.

In a speech via video link to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, the Ukrainian president said Volodymyr Zelensky Western supplies of tanks and air defense systems needed to repel Russia’s missile campaign "It must come more quickly, and be delivered faster than Moscow can carry out attacks".

Zelensky added: "The supply of air defense systems to Ukraine must be faster than the next Russian missile attacks. Western tank supplies must precede any new invasion of Russian tanks".

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A source in the German government told Reuters that Berlin would not allow German-made tanks to be sent to Ukraine “Unless the United States agrees to send its own tanks.”

The American Wall Street Journal also quoted German officials as saying that Berlin “will not allow its allies in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) to ship German-made tanks to Ukraine, unless Washington agrees to send American-made combat tanks.”

Several European governments have said they are ready to send German-made tanks to Ukraine, including Poland, Finland and Denmark, if they get approval from Berlin, although no official request has been made.

He owns an alliance NATO More than two thousand German-made Leopard tanks.

As the German chancellor Olaf Schultz He made statements in the same context, where he said:

• “Berlin will not act alone with regard to sending heavy weapons to Ukraine, but will always remain united with its friends and allies,” as he put it.

• “Anything other than that would be irresponsible in such a situation,” which he described as dangerous.

• “The Western allies spent a long time preparing, discussing and organizing this matter,” with mounting pressure on Berlin to send “Leopard 2” tanks to Kyiv.

Zelensky appeals

Since Ukraine regained large swaths of its territory in the east and south in the second half of 2022, the situation on the front lines has intensified.

Kyiv says new Western weapons, especially heavy battle tanks, are essential to regain momentum this year.

In a speech via video link to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, the Ukrainian president said Volodymyr Zelensky Western supplies of tanks and air defense systems needed to repel Russia’s missile campaign “must come more quickly, and be delivered faster than Moscow can carry out the attacks.”

Zelensky added, “The supply of air defense systems to Ukraine must be faster than the next Russian missile attacks. The supply of Western tanks must precede any new invasion of Russian tanks.”

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