The Bundestag expects relevant initiatives from Ukraine’s partner countries in the “coming hours and days.”
Berlin received no new requests for the supply of tanks Leopard 2 to Ukraine from the third countries of the world, despite concessions from the German government in this matter.
According to The Guardianso far, only Poland has sent an official request on this account, although today the Chancellor of Germany allowed the export of Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine.
As the representative of the German government stated, the Bundestag expects relevant initiatives from the partner countries of Ukraine in the “coming hours and days”.
Decision on the supply of Leopard 2 tanks
Poland officially on January 24 turned to to the government of Germany with a request to grant a license for the re-export of German Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine.
Today the Chancellor of Germany, Olaf Scholz, gave the “green light” for the shipment 14 Leopard 2 tanks Ukraine. After that it became known that Portugal can send to Ukraine a third of its “working” Leopard 2 tanks. These are four combat vehicles.
Such a decision caused a real uproar tantrum in the Kremlin, as well as among Russian propagandists. Russian Ambassador to the USA Anatoly Antonov declared “another flagrant provocation against Russia,” and Ukrainian traitor Ilya Kiva called President Volodymyr Zelenskyi an “executioner.”