24 January 2023 at 18:40 Spiegel: Germany will send tanks to Ukraine Germany should be ready to send Leopard tanks to Ukraine, writes the German newspaper Spiegel, citing anonymous sources. Reuters also reports this with an unnamed source. Spokespersons for the German authorities have declined to comment on the information to the agency. On Tuesday, both Reuters and the Wall Street Journal reported that the US is now leaning against sending Abrams tanks to Ukraine, with US officials as sources. A possible American decision to supply Ukraine with modern Abrams M1 tanks will be made in consultation with Germany, which is then also expected to give the green light to the Ukrainians receiving German Leopard 2 tanks, according to the Wall Street Journal’s sources. 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.
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