"No country is delivering battle tanks that are as heavy as the Leopard 1 or 2," Lars Klingbeil said in an interview with RTL/ntv on Saturday. On Saturday the co-leader of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz's Social Democratic Party said he remains skeptical of demands to supply Kyiv with Leopard battle tanks without coordination among NATO allies. Kumoch described reports that Warsaw was ready to hand over a few hundred or even all of its Leopard battle tanks to Ukraine as "disinformation." At most, he said, the debate was about "a few or a dozen pieces." The National Security Council will discuss the issue with Duda among others late Monday, he said.įollowing the German government's decision to supply Ukraine with some 40 Marder infantry fighting vehicles, officials are also continuing to debate whether to supply battle tanks. Poland could be part of such a coalition, but won't make a move alone because it is not in a position to do so, he said. The first thing is to find out what our allies in Western countries will do," Jakub Kumoch, security adviser to President Andrzej Duda, told Radio Zet. Meanwhile, Poland is encouraging other countries to form a broad coalition to supply modern battle tanks, such as the Leopard, to Ukraine, Deputy Foreign Minister Pawel Jablonski and other officials told Polish public radio on Monday. which allies provide them, is something that, of course, we're working in coordination with each other," Cleverly said, following a meeting with his German counterpart. "Tanks might well be part of that, and where they come from. Foreign Minister James Cleverly said last week Britain would continue working with Western allies to ensure Ukraine receives the military support it needs.
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