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Added on the 20/01/2023 08:16:08 - Copyright : Euronews EN
Why the tanks? Vladimir Putin wanted a lightning capture of Kyiv but seems happy to settle for a long artillery war that potentially lasts years. Ukraine’s allies argue that only tanks can speed up a win. We ask why and look at the World War One-style trench warfare that is flattening city after city in the Donbas.
Former NATO director of policy planning told Euronews Fabrice Pothier thinks Germany will be making a mistake if it does not authorise Leopard 2 tanks to be provided to Ukraine
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Thursday called on China to refrain from sending weapons to Russia and instead use its influence to press Moscow for the withdrawal of Russian troops from Ukraine
At the Munich Security Conference, Ukraine again insists the only way for it to continue to confront Russian aggression is with more weapons and ammunition
Germany said on Wednesday it would supply its Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine, overcoming misgivings about sending heavy weaponry that Kyiv sees as crucial to defeat the Russian invasion but Moscow casts as a provocation. Pressure has been building for weeks on German Chancellor Olaf Scholz's government to send the tanks and allow other NATO allies to do the same ahead of expected spring offensives by both sides. FRANCE 24's Nick Spicer reports from Berlin, Germany.
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