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Western-style main battle tanks are to be delivered to Ukraine for the first time. Above all, this increases the pressure on Germany.
Germany’s allies are again building up pressure on the issue of arms deliveries. Great Britain wants that Challenger 2 main battle tank deliver to the government in Kyiv. This was agreed upon in a conversation with the British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and the Ukrainian president Volodomir Zelenskyj, as the British seat of government Downing Street announced on Saturday in London. This makes it the first modern western-style main battle tank that the country will receive from one of the NATO countries.
The prime minister wanted support for Ukraine main battle tanks and additional artillery systems intensify, said a spokesman for the British seat of government on Saturday. Sunak and Zelenskyj welcomed other advances like Poland’s, for the first time too Leopard tank to want to deliver to Ukraine. Germany, which has the right to veto deliveries of German-made tanks, should not prevent this, Federal Economics Minister Robert Habeck (Greens) demanded.
Leopard 2: Does Germany now also supply main battle tanks?
Last but not least, the delivery of the British tanks is also a signal to Germany to deliver its own Leopard tanks to the Ukraine. This is superior to the Russian tanks of older design and can support the Ukrainian army in recapturing the occupied areas. The German tanks are more common and more numerous than the British Challenger-2 tanks. Read about it: That’s why Ukraine really wants this German tank
The federal government recently decided 40 Marder armored personnel carriers deliver to Ukraine. They have so far refused to supply main battle tanks on the grounds that they do not want to make this decision without allies. With the British announcement, this position may now be more difficult to justify.
Rocket attacks across Ukraine on Saturday
On Saturday, Russia intensified its attacks on many regions of Ukraine. In addition to Kharkiv, Lviv and Odessa, rockets were also aimed at the capital Kyiv fired. According to Ukrainian authorities, a air alert for the whole country. (os/dpa)
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