Despite the damage done in Ukraine and NATO’s now apparent inability to support Ukraine’s defense against Russia strongly enough, one item in the western - Ted Snider for Antiwar.com
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz continues to exercise caution in providing Ukraine with long-range missiles despite increasing calls to do so, including from former British Defense Minister Ben Wallace.
The British Defense Ministry disposed of 43 Challenger 2 tanks between 2010 and 2014 as part of defense spending cuts and mothballed dozens others instead of supplying them to Ukraine, UK media reported, citing the Freedom of Information Act.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has rather firmly countered comments made by UK Defense Minister Ben Wallace, who said London shouldn’t be treated “like Amazon,” adding that Ukraine should be “grateful” for Western military assistance.