i miss jennifer mental conservation is taking shape around the world and how we can all make a difference. knowledge grows through sharing. download it now for, for ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin. ukraine says it urgently needs a battle tanks and germany is under mounting pressure to provide them. the issue is set to dominate a meeting of the ukraine defense contact group. now underway at the u. s. air base of dine in southwest germany. us defense secretary lloyd austin is hosting

counterparts and senior military officers from countries supporting ukraine's fight against russia. ah, i manuscripts mckinnon. welcome to the show. germany is coming under increasing pressure to do donate it's leopard 2 tanks to ukraine or at least to authorize allied countries to provide keep with the german made leopards from their own stalks. now the issue is set to dominate the latest meeting of the ukraine. defense contact group, which is underway right now at the us add base in that. um dian southwestern germany, us defense secretary lloyd austin is hosting counterparts and senior military officers from country supporting ukraine's fight against russia. in his opening

remarks, the u. s. defense secretary said that western allies need to dig deeper to support ukraine with military 8. ladies and gentlemen, this is a crucial model. russia is regrouping recruiting and trying to read well. this is not a moment to slow down. it's time to dig deeper. but ukrainian people are watching us. the kremlin is watching us in history is watching us. so we won't let up and we won't waiver in our determination to hope you're crane defended. so from rushers, your imperial aggression. addressing the thumb, stein meeting via video, link, ukrainian, president of the lord, amir zalinski, urged his allies to speed up weapons supplies. now there is much agreement among

the defense ministers and military commanders missing on the u. s. air base. but the question of main battle tanks remains a major sticking point. now, earlier this month, france agreed to send light armored fighting vehicles. the amex 10 r c. other countries including germany and the u. s. had also promised to send infant tree fighting vehicles or light tanks. but it's more than battle tanks or heavy tanks that president zalinski is really fighting for now. the u. k. has already announced that we'll send 14 challenger to battle tanks so far, the u. s. has refused to commit the em one abrams citing logistical and maintenance problems. the real pressure, though is on germany now to donate it's leopard 2 tanks. they are seen as the best suited hardware and the most widely available berlin's reluctance to do so

means that other countries, like poland cannot then export their german, made leopards on to ukraine. either the more on all this, we're going to bring in d w as chief political correspondent, nina hardly who's standing by at the u. s. ad base in number 9. hi there, nina. good to see now. and we heard this morning, both austin and president for lensky stressing the importance of this moment and the need to act. now, how is germany's chancellor shall is likely to react to this pression? well, of course, chancellor shaw's also sees the urgency. he understands the situation very clearly what we are hearing from the german government over and over again is that still you need to be careful in your deliberations in essentially trying to way up the advantages the disadvantages and most importantly,

perhaps all of charles sticks with his message, he doesn't want to go it alone. he doesn't want to be the one sending combat tanks if the us doesn't do that themselves. and it was interesting to listen to lloyd austin, of course, in his opening remarks. he didn't make a mention of those abrams tanks. said we'll have schwartz has apparently asked him to deliver to ukraine so that all of shows could give his green light to the delivery of level 2 tanks. so there is a very big elephant in the room, but we are expecting some sort of movement behind the scenes. because this is such a crucial moment in time for ukraine. and it is also very important for the west to still demonstrate convincingly that they are united in this fight to support ukraine. and united is the word here, isn't it? because we're here hearing that poland is suggesting it might send left the to german made tanks even without germany's permission. could this push the unity of,

of ne, so of the european union to break important? while poland made their statement again, very clear yesterday in this talon pledge where 8 countries wrote a letter together saying that they were committed to giving you train a very strong military aid package that would include battle tanks. and in that pledge, poland said that it is ready to donate those left or 2 tanks from germany if provided they give they get permission now. but we're also hearing from polish politicians that maybe you don't even need to get this permission from germany. maybe you can do it anyway. now, at the moment still, i would see this as a sign that poland is trying to up the pressure on the chance on the german chancellor, napoleon and germany have a very interesting relationship. they are of course, very close partners within the european union, but a polish politicians also sometimes like to provoke germany with statements like

that. and of course there is one such way to do that when it comes to that question of the delivery of leopard to tanks. ok, so still quite a lot of uncertainty overseas. the discussions at lunchtime are going on right now . there are defense minister senior military officers from around the world meeting there today. what can we realistically expect as an outcome of this meeting? i doubt that they can part to night without making some sort of an announcement when it comes to that issue of combat tanks. they're all aware that it is a crucial moment in time for ukraine on the battlefield. everybody is talking about this russian offensive that we're expecting in the spring again, as a lensky also said that of russia is trying to regroup and trying to essentially claim more territory. and the u. s. it also understands this topic, of course. so i expect the realistic scenario is that her germany might be

agreeing to give its green light so that other countries can immediately send lepper, 2 tanks to ukraine, m. and that a jolissa, a joint coalition can be set up. now the leopard too, has the advantage of course that it can be and the maintenance can be done in europe. abrams tanks, for example, from the u. s. that are not easy to do. the infrastructure is just not in place. and then when it comes to that other big question is germany going to deliver its own leopard to tags. that is far from clear because many people here are also arguing, even if we decided that now the preparation simply haven't been made. and it would take months for those lepper, 2 tanks to that arrive italian chief political correspondent, nina has a thank you so much we're going to move on to peru now where thousands of demonstrators have poured into the capital lima. as the countries deadly political crisis deepens, supporters of the ousted president petro castillo,

are demanding the resignation of his replacement president, deena battiata, good. they came by the thousands to oust a precedence. and after weeks of turmoil and deadly violence, their demands are getting louder. ah, more than $10000.00 police officers greeted demonstrates them the streets of the peruvian capital authorities taking no chances after the country's worst violence in 2 decades. and it's not long before tensions boy over ah, with running battles between police and protest is continuing into the night. i was

get them. i turned to those who are protesting daily. who is financing you. why are you not working? and what money are you bringing to your home? why are you leaving your families to protest? i said i like i the applicants that was did the kidding. okay. but i really felt that what you want to do is create chaos and disorder and emit that chaos. and as are a take over the control of the country, the money we're building a fuel. oh, anger has been growing across paris since the arrest, the former president pedro castillo, the country's 1st leader from a rural andy and background. many of those demonstrating here have traveled from the poor, andy and regions now bringing their fight to the capitol field by mistrust in the countries elite and anger at the blood shed,

linked to crackdowns on protest as in their home towns get him ordering. so we won't, di napoli wanted to resign, and the conquest to be restructured, and that i found them, we want a new constitution so that the country can find its way back to p. i suppose, if he could, i must, well, there is not poverty. i must my fin, her abandoned. most of there is nothing for feed, no history is waiting for us. but that's why we came here today to fight her. hello charlie. presidents bully water has insisted she won't resign. the says she does support a push to bring forward elections for president on congress to 2024. but that's unlikely to quiet these protesters and help he'll a country deeply divided. good, i have a take a look now at some of the other stories that making headlines around the world and we're going to stay in peru and a lodge blaze has broken out during those anti government protests in the capital

lima. the fire ruptured downtown as demonstrates as clash with police. it's unclear how the blaze started. the president has extended the state of merchant c in lima, and in 3 other regions. dozens of homes have been destroyed in a fire in south korea's capital sol. around 500 people have been evacuated and hundreds of firefly faces have been deployed. graham village is shanty town and sole south is prone to fires and floods with many makeshift homes made of cardboard and wood. the u. s. president joe biden has visited areas of california hits by rain and snowstorms. at least 20 people have died in the extreme, whether biden met with people impacted by the damage to determine what additional federal funds on needed to help rebuild. he said that anyone, doubting climate change must have been asleep in recent years.

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