The White House reacted to the next condition of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on the supply of Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine. In particular, the United States believes that Germany can independently make decisions on the supply of weapons to Ukraine.. This was stated by White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre during a briefing..

Journalists asked about the attitude of the White House to the fact that, as reported by the German newspaper Suddeutsche Zeitung, Olaf Scholz is ready to allow the supply of Leopard tanks to Ukraine only on the condition that the United States, in turn, sends its Abrams tanks for the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

The President (Joe Biden - ed.. ) believes that each country can and should make its own sovereign decisions about what security assistance steps and what equipment they can provide to Ukraine, which is defending itself from Russian aggression,” said Karine Jean-Pierre.

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She also stated that the United States welcomes Germany's decision to provide Ukraine with Murder infantry fighting vehicles and a Patriot air defense system battery and the UK's decision to provide Challenger tanks.. She noted that this is an obvious "

She also recalled that the United States was "

Recall that five countries, including Poland and Finland, are ready to provide Ukraine with German Leopard 2 tanks from their stocks, but this requires permission from Germany, with which Olaf Scholz is now slow.. Earlier, he noted that Germany would not supply tanks on its own, but only in coalition with other countries.. However, now that countries have openly declared this readiness, Scholz put forward a new condition.

It should be noted that the German Bundestag also insists on making a decision to provide tanks to Ukraine..