Defence leaders of NATO and other countries are meeting today to discuss boosting Ukraine's ability to confront Russian forces with modern battle tanks
Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelensky said his government was expecting"strong decisions" from defence leaders of NATO and other countries meeting today to discuss boosting Ukraine's ability to confront Russian forces with modern battle tanks.
Ukraine and Russia have both relied primarily on Soviet-era T-72 tanks, which have been destroyed in their hundreds during the war that Russian President Vladimir Putin started on 24 February, calling it a"special military operation" to protect Russia and Russian speakers. "Some of the countries will definitely send Leopard tanks to Ukraine, that is for sure", Arvydas Anusauskas said, about the Ramstein pledges, speaking after a preparatory meeting of 11 nations in Estonia. Latest Ukraine storiesThe United States yesterday announced new military assistance for Ukraine valued at up to $2.5 billion, including hundreds of armoured vehicles and support for Ukraine's air defence.
Germany's new defence minister Boris Pistorius said earlier, however, that he did not know of any requirement that Ukraine receive US and German tanks simultaneously. "From Washington to London, from Paris to Warsaw, you hear one thing: Ukraine needs tanks. Tanks are the key to ending the war properly. It is time to stop trembling before Putin and take the final step,"Poland and Finland have already said they would send Leopard tanks to Ukraine if Germany gives approval for export."If there is strong resistance, we will be ready to take even such non-standard action," Deputy Foreign Minister Pawel Jablonski told private radio RMF FM.
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