Newly appointed German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said that the provision of M1 Abrams tanks by the United States to Ukraine is not a prerequisite for Germany to approve the supply of Leopard 2 tanks.. He said this in an interview with the ARD TV channel, Spiegel quotes him..

According to him, the final decision of Germany will be already this week.. Most likely, we are talking about Friday, January 20, when the next meeting of the contact group for the defense of Ukraine will take place at the Ramstein military base in Germany.

“I don’t know anything about such a relationship,” said the head of the German Ministry of Defense, commenting on the information that Germany is allegedly ready to supply Ukraine with Leopard tanks only in case of deliveries of Abrams tanks to the United States..

It should be noted that on January 18, a statement similar in content was made by the speaker of the White House, Karine Jean-Pierre.

A direct question is whether Germany will agree to such supplies Pistorius said that Chancellor Olaf Scholz is discussing this issue with US President Joe Biden.

" But today I can't tell you what kind it will look like,"

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Recall that Germany was under " After all, Olaf Scholz had previously stated that it was not his country that would not supply Ukraine with modern Western-style tanks on its own, but only in coalition with other countries.. But now there is already a UK decision on the supply of Chalenger tanks, and a number of other countries are ready to provide Leopard 2 tanks, for which they need German permission..

The debate on this issue reached such a level that Polish Prime Minister Mariusz Morawiecki delivered an ultimatum: "