While the Russian Defense Ministry lies that the occupying forces are destroying Leopard tanks in the south, Ukraine still cannot get them from the allies. Moreover, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz generally rejected the requests of Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmygal for the supply of additional heavy weapons to the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Welt writes..

On April 8, the armed group Krauss-Maffei Wegmann called for organizing direct deliveries of weapons to Ukraine, by that time the company had already reached an agreement on 100 Leopard 2A7 tanks. The help package included both spare parts and training blocks for the defenders.. The total amount of such a " Under the terms of the agreement, the first tanks could be delivered to Ukraine 36 months after its signing..

However, Olaf Scholz made no such promises..

In a conversation with Shmyhal, according to media reports, he was " The politician did not show any desire to change his position on the supply of weapons.

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Leopard 2 is a main battle tank developed in 1979.. It was adopted by the armed forces of Austria, Canada, Chile, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Greece, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Singapore, Switzerland, Sweden, Spain and Turkey. A total of 3200 tanks of this model were produced..