German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said Chancellor Olaf Scholz is talking to allies about supplying Ukraine with Leopard battle tanks and could give the green light to ship them in the next few days, according to Bloomberg.
Poland said it formally asked the government in Berlin for the necessary approval to send its German-built Leopards, while NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said he’s confident there’ll be a solution soon to provide Ukraine with the boost in firepower it needs to repel an expected new Russian offensive and recapture lost territory.
“I am preparing for a possible decision to send the Leopard tanks and to allow other European and NATO partners to do the same,” Pistorius said in a television interview, pushing back against the suggestion that Germany is dragging its feet.