Germany wavered on further EU tank deliveries despite mounting calls from Kyiv and fellow allies.
"Today, we can all not yet say when a decision will be made about Leopard and what this decision will look like," German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said at the end of a meeting held at Germany's Ramstein Air Base held with several defense leaders from across the world, including U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin.
This is Pistorius' second day in office, following the abrupt resignation of his predecessor Christine Lambrecht Officials in Berlin seem to fear that supplying the arms could escalate hostilities with Moscow, which has already accused the West of fighting a "proxy war" against Russia in Ukraine. In the hours before the meeting, the Kremlin said that Western tanks for Ukraine would "change nothing" and would not stop Russia from achieving its goals, Reuters reported."I must say there is very clearly no unanimous opinion.
"Consent is of secondary importance here, we will either obtain this consent quickly, or we will do what is needed ourselves," Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki told private broadcaster Polsat News Wednesday, as reported by Reuters.
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