Poland's prime minister on Sunday called "
unacceptable
" Berlin's refusal to supply Leopard heavy tanks to Kiev, which insists on them when the Russians are on the offensive.
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“
Germany's attitude is unacceptable.
It's been almost a year since the war started.
Innocent people die every day.
Russian bombs wreak havoc in Ukrainian cities.
Civilian objects are attacked, women and children are murdered
,” Mateusz Morawiecki told the PAP agency.
His statements come two days after a meeting of around fifty countries at the American Ramstein base in Germany.
Ukraine's allies there announced substantial new arms deliveries to Ukraine but failed to agree on the delivery of heavy tanks, despite repeated requests from Ukraine.
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The Polish Prime Minister said he was waiting for "
a clear statement
" from Berlin authorizing the sending of Leopards, of which it is a producer, by countries that have them.
Poland, which declares that it is ready to deliver 14 Leopards to kyiv, indicates that it is in discussions with about fifteen countries on this subject.
If Berlin refuses to supply Leopards to Kiev, “
we will put together a small coalition of countries ready to donate some of their modern equipment, their modern tanks, to a struggling Ukraine,
” the leader said. by Mateusz Morawiecki.
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On Saturday, the three Foreign Ministers of the Baltic countries had for their part urged Berlin "
to provide Leopard tanks to Ukraine now
", invoking "
the particular responsibility
" of Germany, "
first European power
".
