Pressure has increased on the government of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz to send Leopard tanks to Ukraine and allow other countries to do the same. Under the military procurement rules, Germany must authorize any reexport of these tanks.
Poland officially seeks permission from Germany to send tanks to Ukraine
Periskopi
(3 years ago)
(3 years ago)Poland has officially sought permission from Germany to transfer its Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine, Polish Defence Minister Mariusz Blazzak said on 24 January. Berlin has received Warsaw's request, Blaszczak said in a Twitter post. The German has already received our request to allow the transfer of Leopard 2 tanks to [...]
Berlin has received Warsaw's request, Blaszczak said in a Twitter post.
German has already received our request to allow the transfer of Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine. I also call on the German side to join the coalition of countries supporting Ukraine with Leopard 2. This is our common cause because it's about the security of all of Europe”, Blaszczak wrote.
Ukraine has demanded that Western tanks help it evade against the Russian occupation.
Earlier in the day, Secretary General NATO Jens Stoltenberg has voiced confidence that the Alliance will find a quick solution for sending combat tanks to Ukraine.
At this key point in the war, we must offer the most serious and advanced systems in Ukraine, and we must do so faster”, Stoltenberg told reporters, standing by German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius on January 24th.
Pistorius said there is no rift among allies for sending heavy combat tanks to Ukraine, but said Chancellor Olaf Scholz was trying to create consensus on the issue.
Pistorius added that NATO should not become a party to the war in Ukraine.
He also said Germany is not preventing other countries from training Ukrainian troops to use Leopard tanks.
