ongoing civil war. ah, they re watching out here, and these are the top stories. now ukraine has received a major boost from its western allies. germany says it will provide 14 bits leopard to battle tanks with defense against russia. and the u. s. has announced it s sending 31 abrams combat vehicles. surgery on hosted as recommended to step because all hands ukraine s capacity to defend his territory achieve. his strategic objectives gave him thanks for the most capable tanks in the world, are also extremely complex to operate and maintain. so we re also given ukraine, the parts and equipment necessary to effectively sustain these tanks on the battlefield. who would begin, will began to train ukrainian troops on these issues of sustain logistics and maintenance, soon as possible. delivering these tags to the fields going to take time. time that we ll see will use to make sure that you crannies are fully prepared in a great, the abram tanks, in defense of the kremlin, has dis
the watching al jazeera and these are the top stories. the sour ukraine s president says he s taking powerful steps to root out corruption and government. the deputy defense minister is among several others who have resigned or removed following craft allegations. president zalinski says there ll be 0 tolliver tolerance for corrupt officials. natasha butler has more from cave. now what the modem is, lensky is obviously trying to do. is show western powers that are pouring in aid and military aiden financial help to ukraine, that keith is taking this sort of thing very seriously indeed. and that that aid and money is being used for the right reasons and not being siphoned off by some government officials. of course, cleaning up corruption is one of the conditions all say for ukraine to do if it wants to be part of the european union. and we know that steps are already underway for ukraine to accede to the block. nato secretary general john tin stalsen burger s meeting with ger
a quick look at the main stories of following the sour now poland is saying that we re asked berlin for permission to send some of it s german made leopard tags to ukraine, but it might go ahead and do it anyway. if other countries do the same, germany s foreign minister says that, but in what starting the way of poland chooses to send the tanks to ukraine, germany manufacturers this military hard way. so he hardware to usually they need to agree if it s going to be re exported. but paula s prime minister says warsaw will make its own decision, even if berlin doesn t admit the move. this can t be margaret was gl delagarza them up, we will apply for consent. but this is a secondary topic. even if we do not get this consent as part of a small coalition, we will still hand over our tanks together with others to ukraine. the condition for us at the moment is to build at least a small coalition for states. and on this issue, we are contacting our partners in western europe. meanwh