BREAKING: Germany says it will supply Ukraine with Leopard 2 tanks and approve requests by other countries to do the same. The U.S. is expected to send M1 Abrams tanks.
But he also noted the deeper historic significance of the decision.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov described German and U.S. intentions with the tanks as a “a rather disastrous plan.” Members of Scholz’s three-party coalition government welcomed the news ahead of the official announcement.Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, a member of the Free Democratic Party who chairs the parliamentary defense committee, said the news was “a relief for a mistreated and brave Ukraine.”Strack-Zimmermann had been one of the loudest voices calling for a swift decision on arms supplies to Ukraine.The far-right Alternative for Germany called the decision “irresponsible and dangerous.
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