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Allies who can send Ukraine tanks must 'do so now,' says Scholz

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Allies with available battle tanks should send them now to Ukraine, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Friday, as NATO partners struggle to muster the heavy vehicles pledged for Kyiv. "Those who can send such battle tanks should really do so now," Scholz told the Munich Security Conference, adding he would be "intensively campaigning" for allies to move on the issue. FRANCE 24's International Affairs Commentator Douglas Herbert tells us more.

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