Germany said “
Ja
”.
Leopard 2 tanks will be able to be sent to Ukraine, after several weeks of pressure from kyiv and the Allies on Berlin, the government spokesman announced on Thursday, January 25.
On Tuesday, Poland had requested official authorization to re-export 14 of its Leopard 2s. But Olaf Scholz resisted.
He feared the image of "
German tanks in Kharkiv
", a weakening of his defense industry, and did not want to be alone in delivering heavy tanks.
According to the
Spiegel
, the Americans will engage by authorizing the delivery of their Abrams tanks.
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This is a real reversal: not only does Germany authorize the countries buying Leopard 2 to deliver copies, but it will itself send 14 Leopard 2 A6.
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For kyiv, the use of these tanks, in demand for a long time, becomes urgent.
“
Since August, the Ukrainian army has been warning that it is struggling to equip more than four armored brigades (a brigade is made up of 120 tanks, editor’s note)
”, recalls…
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