Tanks Leopard: Germany made Zelensky's most precious gift on his birthday

NATO tanks' assessment of the Kremlin for Ukraine is that they are not expected to make any major changes, that they will cost European taxpayers, and in any case, Russia will destroy them.

“These tanks will be destroyed like other tanks”, said Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov.

There seem to be some disappointments that Moscow will no longer be able to target Europe's division in terms of tank shipments as evidence of inunity. Once again, after a very difficult road, NATO is proving to be extremely united.

Russia has long reiterated the stance that this is a conflict between NATO and Russia as Ukraine is the battlefield. Moscow can use the delivery of weapons systems to Ukraine to fire this dam.

If the US decides to send Abrams tanks, then they cannot claim they are sending only defence weapons, said the Russian ambassador to the US, Antoly Antonov.

No one should have illusions as to who the real aggressor is, he said.

Of course, President Zelensky will not get as many tanks as he would like -- which requires 300 -- and will take some time until they arrive in Ukraine.

But there is no doubt that this decision will significantly enhance Ukrainian morality as both sides prepare for a major offensive during the spring. And vice versa, sending them out will have no effect on the morals of Russian soldiers as they sit on frozen vehicles, guessing what awaits them in the coming months. /Periscopi/