The decision is urgent to take.
Barely appointed, the new German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius was to say whether or not Germany will deliver battle tanks to Ukraine.
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Germany bears a responsibility and has major tasks to accomplish
,” warned the Minister of the Economy, the Green Robert Habeck, on Tuesday.
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Not only could the Bundeswehr provide the Leopard 2 heavy tanks that the Ukrainian army is asking for.
But the German green light is essential for other European countries to transfer it too, in the name of export rules.
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The Western tanks that the Ukrainians hope to replace their T-72s of Soviet origin have capabilities, in particular thermal vision or telemetry, which are likely to give them an advantage.
Faced with the Russian army, which still has at least 1,500 heavy tanks, kyiv will have to receive them in sufficient numbers and quickly for them to be effective.
For now, the UK has announced the…
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