ah a marin evans dean. thanks for joining me. western defense ministers and military officials meeting at the u. s. rom, shine air base in germany, have not reached a decision on the supply of leopard at 2 tanks to ukraine. poland defense ministers, as western allies, would soon hold talks on the issue. addressing the meeting via video link, ukraine s president of waterbury landscape made an impassioned plea to his allies to send more heavy weapons. pressure has been mounting at berlin to allow other countries such as poland and finland to send the german made a leper 2 tanks to ukraine or to deliver the heavily armed battle tanks themselves . the host of the gathering us defense secretary lloyd austin, stress than germany is a steadfast partner. they are a reliable ally. they ve been that way for, for a very, very long time. and i, i truly believe that they ll continue to be a reliable ally going forward. and not to mention they have germany is host to 39000 of my troops and