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Added on the 24/01/2023 23:21:39 - Copyright : Euronews EN
After weeks of mounting political pressure, Germany has agreed to supply Ukraine with 14 Leopard 2A6 tanks.
NATO and defense leaders from roughly 50 countries are meeting at Ramstein Air Base in Germany on Friday to discuss pledging further arms to aid Ukraine in its efforts to fight off the Russian invasion, with pressure growing on Germany to provide the country with its Leopard 2 heavy tanks.
France 24's cheif foreign editor Rob Parsons says promises of Western tanks for Ukraine is a major step forward, but their effectiveness and impact on the war will depend on how many tanks arrive and, crucially, how soon.
On the occasion of his first military troop visit to the Altengrabow training ground, German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius answers a question from an English-speaking journalist about the delivery of German tanks to Ukraine, saying that they should be sent "at the end of March" this year.
The United States announced on Wednesday it will supply Ukraine with 31 advanced M1 Abrams tanks in a matter of months, following a decision by Germany to send its Leopard 2 tanks to Kyiv. But how much difference could these Westerns tanks make in the war and how soon can they arrive in meaningful numbers?
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