Monitoring Desk
ISLAMABAD: Following sustained pressure from Kyiv and other allies, Berlin on Wednesday approved the deliveries of the much-needed German-made Leopard to Ukraine and help Russia’s invasion.
Steffen Hebestreit, a spokesman of the German government, said that a company of 14 Leopard 2 A6 tanks would be provided from the Bundeswehr (German Armed Forces) stocks. Additionally, approval had now been granted to other European countries to send tanks from their own stocks to Ukraine.
Allies aim to assemble 2 battalions of Leopard tanks for Ukraine
Hebestreit further said that the goal was to quickly assemble two tank battalions comprising Leopard 2 tanks for Ukraine.
Ukraine has been vocally calling for the state-of-the-art Leopard tank amid pledges of providing military hardware made by various allies.
According to reports, the deal okayed by Chancellor Olaf Scholz would include Ukrainian forces training in Germany on how to use the tanks in Germany, as well as ammunition, logistics, and maintenance for the battle tanks.
Meanwhile, the Kremlin warned on Wednesday that if Western countries supplied Ukraine with heavy tanks they would be destroyed on the battlefield.
