Germany is currently solving the issue of Leopard tanks and should do it itself, says John Kirby.
Berlin is currently working on its own process on the issue of supplying Kyiv with Leopard tanks. This was said by the White House strategic communications coordinator for national security and defense, John Kirby, in an interview with the Voice of America, published on Saturday, January 21.
“We know that Germany is developing their own Leopard process, which are great tanks, very powerful, will not require too much training from the Ukrainians if Germany wants to move in that direction. But this question is key. This is a German decision,” he explained.
According to him, the partners are not pushing or encouraging FRG to provide Leopard to Ukraine.
“We want countries to give what they can, when they can and where they can, and in the size and scale that suits them. And this is in Germany,” the White House spokesman said.
He also noted that Germany had increased its contributions, which it had begun to do at the beginning of the war.
Kirby assured that Berlin is currently “one of the leading donors to Ukraine in terms of financial aid” and added that the allies “highly appreciate” it.
“We believe it is important that every country that can support Ukraine in its defense does so now. One of the critical needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine this winter and probably in the spring is armored vehicles. Because of the types of fighting they are leading in Donbass, the Ukrainians need more tanks,” the American official summarized.
As previously reported, Rammstein-8 did not approve the transfer of tanks to Ukraine.
The media said that the German Ministry of Defense deliberately delayed the inventory of existing Leopard tanks in order not to create additional expectations and pressure on the government about their possible transfer to Ukraine.
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Source: korrespondent
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