German Prime Minister Olaf Scholz has reportedly decided to send a number of the country’s own Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine, reports Der Spiegel. The message has not yet been confirmed by the German government. At the same time, the Wall Street Journal and Reuters report that the Biden administration should be ready to send Abrams M1 tanks. The signals to send tanks come simultaneously in both the German and American press. Neither the White House nor the Pentagon will comment on the information. – Decisive Palle Ydstebø, head teacher at the War College, says it is not surprising if the countries have come to an agreement on this now. Mon he is still waiting for the official confirmation. The lieutenant colonel believes these tanks will be decisive for whether Ukraine manages to win back areas that Russia has conquered in the country. – These tanks are considerably better than the ones they had before. It will be the last piece they need in the land system. They can then set up mobile brigades that have the ability to break through fortified areas and maneuver into enemy areas, as we saw in Kharkiv, explains Ydstebø. EXPLAINER: Lieutenant Colonel Palle Ydstebø says modern tanks are absolutely essential for Ukraine’s counter-offensive. Ukraine still has tanks. They themselves say they have more than before the war, thanks to tanks they supposedly captured from the Russian military. But with these western tanks, the country gets a completely different impact, Ydstebø believes. – They probably won’t have these in place until spring. But Ukraine can then launch counter-offensives. They have had great success before in going against Russian supply lines, says Ydstebø to news. Poland may also send tanks A possible US decision to supply Ukraine with modern Abrams M1 tanks will be made in consultation with Germany, which is also expected to give the green light for the Ukrainians to receive German Leopard 2 tanks, according to Wall Street sources Journal. In addition, Bloomberg reports that Germany should be prepared to give the go-ahead to Poland to send its Leopard tanks to Ukraine. Neither the German nor the American authorities have commented on the information provided to the newspapers. Depending on cooperation According to German officials, Prime Minister Olaf Scholz must have been concerned that Ukraine would end up with almost exclusively German tanks. It could look bad for Germany. Scholz has therefore been very keen to bring in several countries at the same time. – We certainly want to have German tanks in Ukraine, but they must be part of a broad coalition that will provide a mix of tanks, including Abrams, says the German source to the Wall Street Journal. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that Ukraine needs 300 modern tanks.
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