Ukraine pleads for German tanks ahead of defence talks - BBC News

President Volodymr Zelensky has appealed to Germany to supply Ukraine with tanks, as leaders meet to discuss further aid.

Defence leaders from a number of Nato members are meeting at the US air base in Ramstein, Germany to discuss sending further aid ahead of an anticipated Spring offensive by Russia.

Germany is under increasing pressure from other countries to supply its Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine, as the UK prepares to send a dozen Challenger 2 tanks.

"If you have Leopard [tanks], then give them to us, these leopards won't go through Russia. We're defending ourselves.", he told public TV in Germany.

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[xpld]

How times have changed. We now really want german tanks rolling across ukraine

[pyromagic]

It's crazy how simply sending 14 tanks represents almost 10% of our total tank force, just shows how weak our army has become.

[TheOwlGuy]

They REALLY don't want Poland and Finland to enter the chat.

[Belisarius-nrty]

Germany seems to have forgotten what happened last time

[HKim]

The US has no issue in donating the Abrams except it creates horrible logistical / maintenance problems for UA. Germany doesn't even have to donate their tanks, but its giving the approval to other countries to donate their own stock.
Edit: Mark Hertling, former Commanding General of United States Army Europe and the Seventh Army, has some good commentary about this. You can find him on the site that the douchebag bought recently for $44B.
His quote: Talk to me after repairing an Abrams turbine "pack."

[IBTU]

Over £140 BILLION and they still want MORE

[PhilThurston]

Germany: "We have received no official requests from Ukraine to send Leopard tanks."
Also Germany: "We explicitly forbid any other nation from sending Leopard tanks to Ukraine".
Germany: "We fully support Ukraine and are willing to take a leading position in defending Europe"
Also Germany: " We are willing to trade Ukrainian territory and lives for a diplomatic solution with Russia that will allow normal trade and cheap gas flows to resume."

[rm-kxet]

Never hear this question when it comes to wars '' how are we going to afford it ''

[tongobong]

Come on! even small Slovenia sent 28 tanks to Ukraine.

[Sunset]

How about pleading for peace rather than tanks

[rahulbasurey]

"Everybody loves success, but they hate successful people."

[Al_Pollock]

Punch through Russian lines with 14 battle tanks?
All that is going to happen is more of our tax money going up in flames.

[limpunsing]

Lots of trolls & bots
BBC Do something about it

[effingsix]

Please discuss the scale of operations here,

[poochoo]

It’s horrific how this has been allowed to continue.

[kawerupaul]

If Deutschland can't provide, at least it should get out of the way and let others do.

[Froge]

Ukraine are being greedy at this point honestly

[daledrakewriter]

I used to be a gunner on the challenger two main battle tank. Great bit of kit. In that regiment the kings Royal Hussars. Not sure how the Ukrainian soldier's are going to use them without some serious training. It cost a hundred a fifty thousand pounds in training to train me how to use that bad boy and that was nearly twenty years ago.

[julytestaskauskiene]

11 months Ukraine defeats Russia on YouTube, and then another 11 months and another 11 months and another...🤣

[carlix]

I can hear bigger and louder war drums in the distance heading Europe’s way.