Economics Minister and Vice-Chancellor of Germany Robert Habek spoke in favor of preventing the disruption of the supply of Leopard battle tanks to Ukraine from other countries due to Berlin's objections. It is reported by Die Welt.

“There is a difference between making a decision about yourself and preventing others from making decisions,” Habek said..

“And accordingly, Germany should not interfere when other countries decide to support Ukraine, no matter what decision Germany makes,” he added..

Habek was referring to the discussion about whether Germany should supply Leopard tanks to Ukraine. The German government has so far rejected such a move..

On Wednesday, January 11, Poland announced that it wanted to transfer a company of Leopard battle tanks to Ukraine.. Since the Leopard tank is German made, permission from the German government is required for further export..

The head of the Greens parliamentary faction, Britta Gasselmann, said that the federal government and a group in the Bundestag would deal with this issue, because you can see that Ukraine needs these tanks.. In this regard, she expressed the hope that joint decisions would be reached.

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Germany does not exclude the supply of Leopard tanks, heavier combat vehicles than Marders, to support Ukrainian forces in the future, said Economy Minister Robert Habek. However, as you know, the German authorities still do not dare to transfer tanks to the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which was repeatedly called for by the German opposition, in particular, the Green Party.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has repeatedly rejected sending tanks to Ukraine and said that Germany would not take such a step on its own.. Politico writes that Scholz's position on this issue is largely dependent on US President Joe Biden, with whom the chancellor has already closely coordinated his actions.. Scholz's speaker said that even London's plans to supply British-made Challenger 2 tanks to Ukraine will not change the position of the German government, which has so far rejected calls to transfer powerful German Leopard 2 tanks to Kyiv.