Poland’s prime minister on Sunday lashed out at Germany’s determination to not provide Leopard tanks to Ukraine, branding the nation’s stance “unacceptable”.
Berlin has been hesitant to ship the heavy-duty tanks or permit different nations to switch them to Kyiv.
“Germany’s attitude is unacceptable. It has been almost a year since the war began. Innocent people are dying every day,” Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki advised the PAP company.
“Russian bombs are wreaking havoc in Ukrainian cities. Civilian targets are being attacked, women and children are being murdered”.
On Friday, round 50 international locations agreed to offer Kyiv with billions of {dollars}’ value of navy {hardware}, together with armoured autos and munitions wanted to push again Russian forces.
But German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius stated regardless of heightened expectations, “we still cannot say when a decision will be taken, and what the decision will be, when it comes to the Leopard tank.”
Germany is the producer of Leopard tanks and Poland’s prime minister additionally stated he was ready for “a clear statement” from Berlin whether or not international locations which have the Leopards can switch them to Ukraine.
Poland has introduced it is able to ship 14 Leopard tanks to Kyiv, and says it’s discussing the matter with round 15 international locations.
If Berlin refuses to provide the tanks to Ukraine, “we will set up a ‘small coalition’ of countries ready to donate some of their modern equipment, their modern tanks,” Morawiecki stated.
In a joint assertion Saturday, the international ministers of the three Baltic states urged Germany “to provide Leopard tanks to Ukraine now.” —Agence France-Presse
