Fearing winter will give Russian forces time to regroup and unleash a major attack, Ukraine is pushing for the Leopard battle tanks, which are held by an array of NATO nations but whose transfer to Ukraine requires Germany's approval.
abc.net.au/news/ukraine-weapons-latest-billions-pledged-german-tanks-uncertain/101874774Western allies are pledging billions of dollars in new weapons for Ukraine but whether they would also send German-made tanks remains unknown, with Berlin yet to signal whether it would lift a veto.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, a Social Democrat, has been reluctant to send weapons that could be seen as provoking Moscow. Poland's prime minister, Mateusz Morawiecki, spoke on Thursday of the possibility of German approval.
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