US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Germany's new Defence Minister Boris Pistorius talked in Berlin just hours after Mr Pistorius was sworn into office
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Germany's new Defence Minister Boris Pistorius talked in Berlin just hours after Mr Pistorius was sworn into office.
But the big question will be whether the meeting brings heavy tanks, which Kyiv says it needs to fend off Russian assaults and recapture occupied land. Washington and many Western allies say the Leopards - which Germany made in the thousands during the Cold War and exported to its allies - are the only suitable option available in big enough numbers.
Mr Austin described Germany as one of Washington's closest allies and thanked it for its support for Ukraine so far. "The defeat of a nuclear power in a conventional war may trigger a nuclear war," Mr Medvedev said."Nuclear powers have never lost major conflicts on which their fate depends." "This can be done with a clear message to Vladimir Putin. Anyone who wants to destroy our system will have to deal with all of us democrats," she said.
Kyiv says better armed and protected Western tanks would give its troops the mobile firepower to drive out Russian troops in decisive battles. The non-binding resolution - backed by a large majority of MEPs - said there was an"urgent need" for the EU and its member states to push for the establishment of the court.
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