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Olaf Scholz confirms decision after weeks of pressure, with Berlin providing 14 tanks from military stocks
Germany will supply its Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine, it announced on Wednesday, overcoming misgivings about sending heavy weaponry that Kyiv sees as crucial to defeat the Russian invasion but Moscow cast as a needless provocation.
Pressure has been building for weeks on Olaf Scholz’s government to send the tanks and allow other Nato allies to do the same before expected spring offensives by both sides that could help turn the tide of the war.
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