US and EU countries set to follow with despatch of heavy fighting equipment
A German Leopard tank in Slovakia. Picture: RADOVAN STOKLASA/REUTERS
Germany, previously the West’s holdout, said it would send an initial company of 14 of its Leopard 2 tanks from its own stocks, and also approve shipments by other European countries. Germany’s decision immediately paves the way for pledges from other countries that also use the same tanks. Moscow says supplies of modern offensive weaponry to Ukraine will prolong the war and postpone what it says will be its inevitable victory. Anatoly Antonov, Russia’s ambassador in Washington, said deliveries of US battle tanks would be a “another blatant provocation”.
Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki tweeted a message of thanks to Scholz for a “big step towards stopping Russia”.
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