ah ah ah, ah ah, ah ah, this is d w. news alive from berlin. ukraine says it urgently needs battle tanks to ward off a new russian offensive, and germany is under pressure to provide them. the issue is said to dominate a meeting of the ukraine defense contact for just getting underway at the usa based ramstein. in southwestern, germany,

us defense secretary lloyd austin is hosting counterparts and senior military officers from around the world to discuss how best to continue supporting. keep ah i'm anthony how'd walked into the program? hollins? deputy foreign minister says boss or is ready to take quote, nonstandard action if germany opposed to sending leopard 2 tanks to ukraine. that's according to reuters news agency. that's an indication that warsaw could send the german made military hardware to keep without the normally required export authorization from berlin. and the issue of tanks for ukraine is set to dominate the latest meeting of the ukraine defense contact group, which is meeting right now at the usa base in ramstein, western germany pressure is growing on germany to give the green light for its leopard 2 tanks to be used on the battlefield and

a number of other western allies besides poland also said they are ready to provide cheap with leopards from their own stalks of a more. let's bring a d. w chief. political correspondent need a has a standing by at the us air base in ramstein. nina, lots of play parisha and explosive reports coming out just the head of this meeting as poland indicated that it might st leopard to tanks, even if germany opposes how has that news been grated there? well this news has been floating around a for a couple of hours now. and of course it is a way for poland to up the pressure on germany, which air poland says is standing on the brakes when it comes to giving its green light to the leopard. 2 tanks that poland and other l i. c as a vital element in helping ukraine on the battle field when it comes to that spring offensive. that everybody's talking about where ukraine could try and push out

russia from its air territory. so this is something where the other allies have also focused on will have shades, who at the german chancellor, who so far has been reluctant. now german weapons export rules are pretty strict, and germany broke a longstanding principle last year when for the very 1st time they exported weapons into an active crisis region after their rush after rushes full scale invasion of ukraine. so the german chancellor has been taking it step by step and the issue of the leper to tags is of course something that is extremely sensitive. it is the big elephant in the room, but we're expecting to see some movement coming out of ramstein here today. so as this rumbles on, is there a chance the discussion about this war tank delivery to ukraine could break or at least test the unity of the alliance or the european union for that matter?

it is seen as a vital finger, ola shots. the gem chancellor is of being seen as increasingly isolated many people . i am essentially a lost when when they try and explain germany's reluctance. now the german government is always saying, we can't go it alone. we do need the u. s. on board as well, which is why this week there was news that after a phone call of a yes, president joe biden and all of shots. and there was this air condition set by germany essentially that the u. s. also have to deliver their abrams combat tanks to ukraine and then germany could potentially and give its green light to sending leopard twos to ukraine of that potentially even sending it on on their own. so if ramstein doesn't deliver today, that would, of course, weaken the alliance. so with that, as the backdrop president zalinski has made his position very clear, stating that he's expecting strong decisions on for the arms export. but how

realistic is it that we will get a strong decision considering the stand off between the u. s. and germany either sending tax well, i do believe that there will have to be some sort of movement. and you can look at this issue of the delivery of combat tanks and in 2 parts essentially. so the 1st part is will gemini, give its green light to other countries, sending the german made left 2 tanks to ukraine. there we are expecting some movement of the mayor of keith, for example, was very optimistic. he said he'd heard very positive signs coming out so that a coalition can be built here at ramstein today where countries that are willing to deliver their leopard two's can make a plan for that to happen. now the question of whether germany itself will deliver its combat tanks. that's a completely different matter. i'm more pessimistic when it comes to that question . germany always argues that even if they did decide to deliver their own level 2

tanks, it would take months probably october. so it wouldn't help ukraine immediately. but of course, as the german chancellor keep stressing that this is a test and for the western alliance as a whole, he doesn't want to see germany or europe go it alone without their support from the u. s. so there is a lot of discussion going on behind the scenes, but i do feel very optimistic in a sense that they will send a strong signal after all, they've said that they are going to support ukraine. and they know what president lensky needs that they double his chief political correspondent name heather at ramstein. thanks so much. hope all is well, my now a correspondence. sonya found the car in keith told us why these potential tank deliveries are so crucial for the ukrainians. ukraine now has for months specifically been asking for these german made leper tanks to be sent to the front line to help recapture territory, but also defend off new russian advances. and there are experts here who do say

these tanks will make a success, will make a difference on the battlefield because it will help ukrainian breakthrough russian defense positions. and really in the kind of french warfare that we're seeing in the, in eastern don bus region that has inflicted heavy losses on both sides. so in that context, present, lensky has criticized germany's hesitancy on supplying these tanks. and of course, the backdrop to all this is that concerns are growing in ukraine, that it only has a short window now to prepare for an anticipated russian offensive in the coming months. we don't know where that offensive might be. it could come from the east russian defense you crate in defense officials also saying it could potentially also come from the north from bella, luce, lots of concerns there. so i think there is a growing sense of urgency. sure. yesterday, the defense and foreign ministers of ukraine put out a pretty strong statement saying that, you know, the threat of a full scale russian offensive was very real, that russia enjoys still enjoys a significant advantage in terms of troops and equipment. and that russia is

determined to wage and active, active and long war and that statement. it coincided with the arrival in key of yesterday of the president of the european council, charles michelle. now i spoke to him yesterday here at a press briefing, and he said that, you know, he remains in favor of providing these heavy battle tanks to ukraine and insisted that the issue of these tanks will not really break europe in unity when it comes to supporting ukraine and said, you know, he was confident that the solution could be found in terms of the war and the very bloody battles in the east of the country. you referred to. what's the latest we know? will it there have been reports of loot, fighting in and around buckling with this is a very key city where we've seen some of the bloodiest fighting in this war for months now. and there are, there are claims now, but the russian private must regroup that they have taken over a village. now a small village, south west of blackmore, the ukrainian military has not reacted to those claims. this comes after, you know,

russia says it has also made advances in a not on a, in a salt mining town. solid are on the northern outskirts, off buckman. and i think all this now adds up to a picture off of, you know, ukraine's control of buck, both looking increasingly shaky and back move of course is absolutely key. russia is made of key to its campaign of, you know, pushing forward and occupying the anti don bus region. so i think we're likely to see a lot of escalation there. sonya found nica in keith, thanks so much. in peru, thousands of demonstrators have poured into the capital lima. as the countries deadly political crisis deepens, supporters of the asteroid president pedro castillo, demanding the resignation of his replacement president in a blue water. oh, they came by the thousands to oust their precedence. and after a week sipped turmoil and deadly violence,

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