Danish Defense Minister Jakob Elleman-Jensen said that his country is not yet ready to join the tank coalition for Ukraine, but helps in other ways. He said this in an interview.

The head of the Ministry of Defense said that there are 44 vehicles in total in Denmark, of which 14 are based in the Baltic countries along with the NATO contingent, and another 30 are in Denmark..

Commenting on the question why Denmark is not yet planning to transfer several of its tanks to Ukraine along with its allies, because there is no direct threat to Denmark now, he replied that Denmark "

“This is an important element of deterrence, because next to our Baltic allies there is a giant neighbor who, as he demonstrates by his actions, knows how to attack neighbors... We must ensure that there is a certain balance.

We also need to teach the Danish military on something - and for this we need the necessary equipment,"

The Minister of Defense said that Ukraine has not yet applied specifically to Denmark with a request to transfer tanks, and if a request had been received, perhaps the answer would have been positive after assessing all the possibilities.

He predicted that he sees the defeat of Russia as the only way to end the war..

" So he must lose,"

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Recall, earlier the media reported that French President Emmanuel Macron hesitates whether to supply French Leclerc tanks to Ukraine, although he had always been in the forefront of supporters of such a decision..