leopard 2 tanks, to ukraine, about 15 to start with, i m told, about the same number of the uk has pledged. the real significance is this is notjust about germany, about 80% of modern tanks in europe are those german made leopard 2 tanks and they own the export rights and this means countries like poland, desperate to send tanks to ukraine, have not been able to do so because they have not had the nod from berlin, but kyiv, washington, they have tried to pile the pressure on olaf scholz, so what has taken him this long? he is a bit of their frustration back home in germany, as well, for doing things at his own pace, and he has also been waiting for a signalfrom the us pace, and he has also been waiting for a signal from the us that they will be sending their own tanks to ukraine but it is worth bearing in mind in all of this controversy that germany already is one of the biggest suppliers of military and humanitarian aid ukraine in this crisis as you might expect from
they own all of the export rights, so this means countries like poland, desperate to send their tanks to ukraine, haven t been able to do so yet because they haven t had the not from berlin. they ve tried to file that pressure on a loft scholz, so what taken them so long? i have to say he s even a bit of a frustration back home in germany for his all do thing at my own pace added to. he s also been waiting for us and know from the us, but it s worth bearing in mind that germany already is one of the biggest suppliers of military and humanitarian aid this crisis has seen. ., ., , and humanitarian aid this crisis has seen. . .,, ., , and humanitarian aid this crisis has seen. . ., ~ meanwhile, in the last 2a hours, president zelensky s deputy chief of staff, his deputy defense minister, his deputy prosecutor general have all been removed from office, along with several regional governors. mykhailo podolyak, mr zelensky s top adviser, said the decisions taken on tuesday