ukraine says it needs another 300 tanks. it hopes others will follow. germany s leopard tank is used by several european armies. some have signalled they are willing to supply them, but that still needs germany s approval. then there is the us made abrams. america has been ukraine s biggest military backer, but so far hasn t sent tanks. but does britain s decision signal a wider shift? the provision of this small number of tanks is not a game changer in terms of whether it is going to change the course of the fighting everywhere in ukraine. it is a game changer in that it symbolises how the west, including the uk, is stepping up to provide the sort of equipment ukraine has been asking for for over a year, in order to win its country back on the battlefield. so far, in ukraine, tanks on their own have proven to be relatively easy targets, for drones and shoulder launched missiles.
with modern main battle tanks. the prime minister told president zelensky in a phone call. the british army s challenger 2 is more than 20 years old, but it was designed and built to go up against russian armour. and ukraine says it needs more tanks to break the deadlock in the war and go back on the offensive. the british army s challenger 2 will provide ukrainian tank crews with more speed and accuracy and more protection than their own russian designed tanks. but the uk is only expected to send around a dozen challengers, when ukraine says it needs another 300 tanks. it hopes others will follow. germany s leopard tank is used by several european armies. some have signalled they are willing to supply them, but that still needs germany s approval. then there is the us made abrams. america has been ukraine s biggest military backer, but so far
tank crews with more speed and accuracy and more protection than their own russian designed tanks. but the uk is only expected to send around a dozen challengers, when ukraine says it needs another 300 tanks. it hopes others will follow. germany s leopard tank is used by several european armies. some have signalled they are willing to supply them, but that still needs germany s approval. then there is the us made abrams. america has been ukraine s biggest military backer, but so far hasn t sent tanks. but does britain s decision signal a wider shift? the provision of this small number of tanks is not a game changer in terms of whether it is going to change the course of the fighting everywhere in ukraine. it is a game changer in that it symbolises how the west, including the uk, is stepping up to provide the sort of equipment ukraine has been asking for for over a year, in order to win its country
it hopes others will follow. germany s leopard tank is used by several european armies. some have signalled that they re willing to supply them, but that still needs germany s approval. then there s the us made abrams. america has been ukraine s biggest military backer but, so far, hasn t sent tanks. but does britain s decision signal a wider shift? the provision of this small number of tanks is not a game changer in terms of how it s going to change the course of the fighting everywhere in ukraine. it is a game changer in that it symbolises how the west, including the uk, is stepping up to provide the sort of equipment ukraine has been asking forfor over a year, in order to win its country back on the battlefield. so far, in ukraine, tanks on their own have proved to be relatively easy targets for drones
he has indeed been arrested under that law, the trial is yet to begin, but in the time in between, he has already been in custody for two years. and today, we have seen that he has been sentenced for another trial. another charge. now, the judge said that this case is not political, it s not related to media freedom, of course, the hong kong authorities would say that hong kong remains a city which is ruled by law, but many critics would argue now that the introduction of the national security law has changed the landscape here. the united states and the uk have warned that russia and iran are devloping a fully fledged defence partnership, with serious consequences for ukraine and iran s neighbours. the pentagon says iran is now russia s top military backer, supplying hundreds of drones that have been used to attack ukrainian infrastructure. speaking in new york,