Germany to send battle tanks to Ukraine, angering Russia

Germany has confirmed that it will send Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine and approve their re-export from other countries, in a move that was hailed by Kyiv’s Western allies and decried by Russia as a dangerous escalation.
Moscow has slammed Berlin’s move to supply Ukraine with battle tanks and accused Germany of abandoning its “historical responsibility to Russia” arising from Nazi crimes in World War II.
The Russian embassy in Germany said on Wednesday the decision to send 14 German-made Leopard 2 tanks to Kyiv and allow allies to re-export the same models would worsen the war in Ukraine to a new level and lead to “permanent escalation”.

Al Jazeera’s Dominic Kane reports from Berlin, Germany.


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[soxx]

This is what happens when a "spy" - of questionable capabilities (in charge of a backwater town like Leipzig, during the cold war) - decides he is a "general"...

[raginaldmars]

Herr Pu Tin
is NOT RUSSIA!!!!
the more you Anger him
the better

[nmano]

Thought the Nazis weren't allowed to mobilize an army on offense??

[Paddle-On]

-- Abrams/Leopard Tanks incoming! The Orcs are truly done now! The war criminals deserve it.
💛💙ua 🤭

[princeguillermo]

They must really think that kamikaze drones are no more eh?

[BannokCheeks]

Announcing how many you are sending when and where is bad Strategy 😮

[bsfnoem]

4 "Aucune bombe ne tombera sur Berlin!"commandant en chef de la Luftwaffe, Hermann Göring. Goebels a déclaré que l'aviation soviétique était complètement vaincue. Le premier bombardement de Berlin par l'aviation soviétique a eu lieu dans la nuit du 8 août 1941.

[fikarrusdiawan]

So, whose heavy arsenal is most likely to win the battle effectively? 🤔

[guya]

It's ok, let them send, they will be soon scrap metal

[harlaneric]

Who cares if Russia is angered or not, what in the world can they do about it?😂

[csm]

Experts said HIMARS is going to change the course of war..
Now they say Leopord, Abrams, ....

[babaayaga]

can this heavy ton tank able to drive through heavy mud dirt in ukraine

[dexterplameras]

I might add Germany is also sending modern battle tanks the Leopard 2A6, not just its old tanks in stock!

[theenchanter]

can someone who have knowledge about this kind of thing explain to me if it is possible in near future the war is gonna be expanded beyond ukraine and russia to the rest of the european countries?

[tiffsaver]

Thirty years ago in 1983, there was a TV movie about a fictional atomic war between the US and Russia called, "The Day After." It starred Jason Robards, and over 100 million Americans watched it, but it has been long forgotten. In this story, Russia, fed up with the continual buildup of NATO troops on its borders, decides to make the first move. It launches a preliminary nuclear attack against Germany, then on our ships in the Persian Gulf, triggering an all-out nuclear war between the US and Russia, wiping out both countries as a direct result. SOUND FAMILIAR??

[andersonlangosh]

We need to remember how WW2 started and what helped to end it. This scenario reminds me a lot of that war. Only if our politicians will stop hesitating and our governments will work together - only then we will be able to stand a chance in preventing WW3. EIther we unite now or we will all suffer horrendous consequences later. Doesn't matter when - be it one year or five, after putin is done with Ukraine he will go further West.

[marineforces]

… it is 40 year old stuff, probably a profitable way to get rid of it ! 🥳 I am curious for the upcoming massacre spectacle !

[paspa]

Nikolay Pirogov invented anesthesia, in 1847; a Russian Doctor dealing with a lot of casualties of war.
If you Google it, it was invented by a Boston dentist…

[czofwrd]

Germany should not get involved we forget what happened in world war two

[FP]

Those tanks will be useless without proper training and tactics. Considering how limited they are, it need to be well protected by the infantries. Hope Ukrainians can use them better than the Russians.