Germany's Leopard 2 tank, operated by armies in about 20 countries, is regarded as one of the West's best
Germany's Leopard 2 tank, operated by armies in about 20 countries, is regarded as one of the West's best. The tank weighs more than 60 tonnes, has a 120mm smooth bore gun and can hit targets at a distance of up to 5km.
He will host US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin tomorrow ahead of a meeting on Friday of dozens of defence ministers at Ramstein air base in Germany. Western countries have provided a steady supply of weapons to Ukraine since Russia invaded last February in what it calls a"special military operation" to protect its security because its neighbour grew increasingly close to the West.
This is in addition to pledges by the United States and Germany to send Patriot missile systems to Ukraine. In the central Ukrainian city of Dnipro, the civilian death toll from a missile that struck an apartment block on Saturday rose to 45, including six children, among them an 11-month-oldboy, Mr Zelensky said in his nightly video address. Ukrainian authorities have called off the search for survivors.
Ukrainian forces repelled attacks in Bakhmut and the village of Klishchiivka just south of it in Donetsk, it added.
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