While the North Atlantic Alliance countries plan to send two battalions of Leopard 2 tanks and four battalions of Leopard 1 tanks to Ukraine, no further announced deliveries are planned. It has been reported Welt am Sonntag With reference to Boris Pistorius, head of the German Ministry of Defense.
According to the German minister, it is unlikely that Kiev will receive more tanks due to limited resources, including from the allies.
“I don’t see a scenario where posting would be possible. [Украине] additional Leopards on top of what has been announced,” Pistorius stressed.
As the minister emphasized, he cannot decide to send the last tanks to the Ukrainian side.
“There are reserves that cannot be spent,” said the head of the German military department.
On February 24, 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that he had decided to organize a special military operation in Ukraine in response to a request for assistance from the heads of the LPR and DPR.
The decision to run the operation became the justification for new sanctions against Russia by the United States and its allies.
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