Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has reacted cautiously to reports that German-made main battle tanks have been promised. “A lot of effort, words, promises,” he said in a video address on Tuesday night. It is more important to see reality. “It’s not about five or ten or fifteen tanks. The need is greater.”
Ukraine is trying every day to compensate for the lack of heavy battle tanks “and I thank everyone who supports us,” Zelenskyj stressed.
decisions needed
Discussions on tank supply should now lead to decisions that “really strengthen” Ukraine’s defenses against the Russian invaders, he demanded. Ukraine’s allies had the required number of tanks. “If we have the necessary weight in decisions, we will be happy to thank you for every important decision,” Zelenskyj said. “We’re still working on that.”
After much hesitation, Germany has decided to supply Leopard main battle tanks to Ukraine and is allowing other countries to do the same, government circles in Berlin said on Tuesday. “Spiegel” and ntv reported about it earlier. According to information from “Spiegel”, it is planned to equip at least one company with the Leopard 2A6 version from Bundeswehr stocks. This requires 14 of the weapon systems. Poland had previously announced that it wanted to supply a company of Leopard tanks to Ukraine. Finland and other countries are also prepared to do so.
USA wants to supply Abrams tanks
According to reports from various US media, the US now wants to deliver Abram’s main battle tanks to Ukraine. The “New York Times” reports this on Tuesday evening (local time) citing insiders. According to the newspaper, there could be an official confirmation as early as Wednesday. Accordingly, it can be from 30 to 50 tanks.
The Wall Street Journal previously reported that a US announcement of the commitment of “a greater number” of M1 Abrams could come later this week. According to this, US President Joe Biden would have promised German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in a telephone conversation last week that such a delivery would be checked. Neither the White House nor the Pentagon confirmed the reports Tuesday.
“Certainly no defensive weapons”
According to the Russian ambassador to the United States, a delivery of main battle tanks from the United States to Ukraine represents “another blatant provocation” of the conflict and justifies it with the argument of “weapons of defense”. This would be another blatant provocation against the Russian Federation,” Ambassador Anatoly Antonov said in a statement. It is clear that the government in Washington is working on a strategic defeat of Russia.
Source: Krone
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