>Poland has officially requested the German government to supply Leopard 2 main battle tanks to Ukraine. Germany has “already received our request,” Polish Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak said Tuesday on the online service Twitter. He also called on Berlin to “join the coalition of countries supporting Ukraine with Leopard 2 tanks.” He said the request to Berlin was an important gesture.
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>Poland is pressuring its allies on the issue. Already last week, President Andrzej Duda said Warsaw had decided to give Ukraine 14 Leopard main battle tanks.
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>On Monday, head of government Mateusz Morawiecki announced that Warsaw would ask the German government for permission. Berlin’s approval is required to supply German-made tanks to other countries.
In other news today:
> According to its own information, Rheinmetall can deliver a total of 139 “Leopard” tanks of types 1 and 2. This is what a company spokesman told the “Redaktionsnetzwerk Deutschland” (RND) against the backdrop of the current debate about possible battle tank deliveries to Ukraine.
Fucking finally.
Now people will justifiably criticise Scholz or not based on the answer.
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>Poland has officially requested the German government to supply Leopard 2 main battle tanks to Ukraine. Germany has “already received our request,” Polish Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak said Tuesday on the online service Twitter. He also called on Berlin to “join the coalition of countries supporting Ukraine with Leopard 2 tanks.” He said the request to Berlin was an important gesture.
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>Poland is pressuring its allies on the issue. Already last week, President Andrzej Duda said Warsaw had decided to give Ukraine 14 Leopard main battle tanks.
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>On Monday, head of government Mateusz Morawiecki announced that Warsaw would ask the German government for permission. Berlin’s approval is required to supply German-made tanks to other countries.
In other news today:
> According to its own information, Rheinmetall can deliver a total of 139 “Leopard” tanks of types 1 and 2. This is what a company spokesman told the “Redaktionsnetzwerk Deutschland” (RND) against the backdrop of the current debate about possible battle tank deliveries to Ukraine.
Fucking finally.
Now people will justifiably criticise Scholz or not based on the answer.