Twelve states have agreed to send about 100 German Leopard 2 main battle tanks to Ukraine if Berlin agrees to such deliveries.. ABC News writes about this with reference to a high-ranking Ukrainian official..

The interlocutor specified that such agreements were reached during the meeting of the defense ministers of the partner countries regarding the military support of our state in Ramstein.

According to the official, in addition to Poland, which has publicly announced its intention to transfer tanks to the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Spain, the Netherlands and Denmark are also ready to provide part of such weapons from their stocks.. However, for the coalition of these countries to continue further consideration of the issue, the consent of the Federal Republic of Germany is required..

The representative of Ukraine explained that one of the reasons for the state's urgent need for modern Western tanks is that the defenders are running out of ammunition for Soviet tanks..

He said that currently Ukraine cannot produce additional shells for such equipment, “so this forced us to find an alternative way.”.

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The interlocutor of ABC News also said that the decision to send the APU Leopard 2 was influenced by the decision of the UK to provide 14 Challenger 2 tanks..

According to him, this is how London tried to convince Berlin to consider deliveries of its Leopards, and this helped.

" Minister (British Defense - ed.. ) Wallace broke through this wall,"

Earlier it was also reported that the administration of US President Joe Biden is leaning towards the possibility of transferring a “significant number” of Abrams M1 tanks to Ukraine, and a corresponding dispatch announcement may appear as early as this week..