German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Friday called on countries that can supply battle tanks to Ukraine.really do it“, while deliveries from the Allies are slower than expected.
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Military support to Ukraine should continue.it assumes that everyone who can provide such battle tanks really doessaid Olaf Scholz at the Munich Security Conference.
Leopard 2 tank
The German leader, regularly criticized for perceived timidity in German support for Kiev, promised to lead “intensive campaignfor the Allies to move on this issue within the three days of the Munich conference.
After pressure from all sides to deliver Leopard 2 tanks, Angela Merkel’s successor gave the green light in late January for Germany, as well as other European countries, to supply the tanks. But further negotiations with NATO partners at this stage did not make it possible to consolidate the manpower necessary to create a full battalion, that is, about thirty 2A6 tanks, the most modern.
On Wednesday, its Defense Minister Boris Pistorius admitted that the Allies had so far collected only “half a battalionof the 2A6, including 14 supplied by Germany itself and three supplied by Portugal. Another battalion will be made up of older A4 tanks, with Poland as the main contributor.
Olaf Scholz said in Munich that Germany “will contribute to helping (his) colleagues make this decision, for example by training Ukrainian soldiers here in Germany, or providing them with logistical support and supplies.“.
Source: Le Figaro
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