Germany is supplying Ukraine with 14 Leopard 2 A6 main battle tanks. This was announced by the spokesman for the German government, Steffen Hebestreit, on Wednesday. In addition, the German government has given other states permission to supply their own Leopard tanks to Ukraine. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced this in the Federal Cabinet on Wednesday. Months of debate preceded the decision.
“The decision follows our well-known line of supporting Ukraine to the best of our ability. We are acting in close international coordination,” the Chancellor was quoted as saying in the statement. The goal is to quickly assemble two tank battalions with Leopard 2 tanks, the government spokesman said. As a first step, Germany will provide a company with 14 Leopard 2 A6s. Ukrainian soldiers should be quickly trained on the tanks in Germany. The package also included ammunition, logistics and maintenance of the systems.
In addition, the federal government will give partner countries permission to deliver their own Leopard tanks to Ukraine. Poland submitted a corresponding application on Tuesday.
USA send 30 Abrams main battle tanks
According to information from Reuters and Der Spiegel, the decision was made in the Chancellery on Tuesday evening. The decisive building block for this was that, according to insider information, Washington said that the USA would also send 30 Abrams main battle tanks to Ukraine. Scholz had previously insisted on transatlantic harmony in the delivery of battle tanks, but had also been criticized in the traffic light government for taking too long to make a decision. The US government had initially rejected an Abrams delivery.
Russia warned that supplying western main battle tanks would escalate the war. The supply of main battle tanks by the United States would be “another blatant provocation,” Russia’s US Ambassador Anatoly Antonov said on Wednesday. “It is evident that Washington is deliberately trying to inflict a strategic defeat on us,” he added on Telegram. “If the United States decides to supply tanks, then you definitely cannot justify such a move with the ‘defense weapons’ argument.
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