Germany will ship Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine and approve re-export of the identical form of tanks from companion international locations, in response to a press release issued Wednesday.
“This decision follows our well-known line of supporting Ukraine to the best of our ability. We are acting in a closely coordinated and concerted manner internationally,” German Chancellor Olaf Scholz mentioned in Berlin.
Germany mentioned it could initially present 14 Leopard 2 tanks from its navy shares, with the objective of building two battalions. It may even present ammunition and logistics. It mentioned different European companions would additionally ship tanks from their shares, for which they’d been awaiting approval from Germany because the manufacturing nation.
Training of Ukrainian troops in Germany will start quickly, the German authorities’s assertion mentioned.
The United States is additionally poised to ship tanks to Ukraine, U.S. officers confirmed to CBS News on Tuesday. After months of insisting its M-1 Abrams have been too complicated to function and preserve, U.S. officers mentioned the United States could be sending the top-of-the-line major battle tanks to Ukrainian forces, giving them new battlefield capabilities in opposition to dug-in Russian troops.
U.S. officers mentioned it could seemingly be many months earlier than the American tanks arrive in Ukraine, nevertheless, as Ukrainian forces will must be educated in operation and upkeep.
Meanwhile, Germany mentioned it could quickly situation any related licenses to companion international locations who wish to shortly ship Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine.
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