a leash, a long violet, pass and re imagine these teachings are relevant to us. gandhi's legacy starts january 20th. come on d, w. ah ah ah . this is dw news live from berlin. germany is reportedly giving the green light to send battle tanks to ukraine. the u. s. is reportedly planning to do the same by sending its tanks to ukraine as well. also coming up, nominees for the oscars are out. we'll look at which bills have the best shot at

bagging the biggest prize in the supposed to show and buy and make their fans wait until the dying minutes thought it was worth it. a wonder goal from joshua kimmy save the day for the defending champion. ah, i'm really mohammed welcome to the program. german media reporting that chancellor olive schoultz has agreed to send leopard 2 tanks to ukraine and allow other countries to do the same. this comes off the days of talks among western allies of what seen as germany, dragging its feet on military aid for keith. ukraine wants to use the western tanks to reclaim territory still occupied by russia. oh,

he seems to have finally yielded to the pressure german chancellor. all of shots has reportedly decided to send leopard tags to ukraine and allow other countries such as poland and finland to do so. leopard tags are used by a number of nato countries. they are seen by defense experts as the most suitable heavy battle tanks for ukraine's neat. ukraine says about $300.00 of them would help and shore a russian defeat. in the trenches in the eastern part of the country, soldiers hope for military aid to arrive soon. those brooklyn are rivals, have big caliber machine guns, anti tank rifles in under barrel grenade launchers. but they also have really bad snipers. so we do what we can walk. our position is good and strong. we can hold ground here and we will do it in the notes that would have been what,

what was low. we wanted to look oh, many allied countries had become increasingly frustrated with germany over its reluctance to send its tanks. they needed berlin sign off to transfer their own german made tanks to ukraine. shout decision came on top of an e. you agreement to allocate another 500000000 euros for military 8 for ukraine. we will continue our show for 3 grain. grain has to whim these wall. i we lucia ford on the best possible way. the news post is a huge blow to president vladimir putin as russia prepares for a new mobilization push. anita approach are relations i will ready at a fairly low point. there is no substantive dialogue with germany or with other e, u, a nato countries. and of course,

these deliveries would bring nothing good to future relationships. they will leave a lasting mark. shells has repeatedly set germany would not go it alone on sending tanks. the world now wait to see whether the united states will supply its abrams tanks as well. well, joining me in the studio is a dw political correspondent, matthew more so alas, shalt finally making this decision to send epa tanks to ukraine. what more do you know? well, several german media outlets began reporting the story in the evening and according to the reports which are unconfirmed at this stage, germany is planning to send a company of leopard to tanks, which is 14 tanks from the german bundeswehr reserve. also significantly pledging to green light the other nations european allies who also have their own lepper, 2 tanks, giving them the green light to send them as well. and it's understood poland,

finland, and norway are preparing to send some of their leopard to tanks. now, as a see, this is unconfirmed, but hugely significant development and it comes after weeks of pressure on all the shots from international allies. and also domestically here in germany. quite brutal criticism of his handling of this people saying it was too slow, too stubborn and needed to show that more courage. at the moment, the fence ministry is not conforming or denying the story which quite have significant in itself to moral all i shot. i'll address the buddhist act to discuss this and we'll find out then, surely whether this plan is to go ahead or not. and at the same time, the united states is also looking to send abrams tanks. that's right. miss. been quite a significant few hours in the history of this war healer, i think, according to you asked me to report the u. s. is now ready to send 30 abrams and one tanks there. there some tanks that the u. s. has,

and that's quite significant because until now the consensus has generally been that those tanks are not suitable for the warranty and ukraine because for various reasons, not least there the, the, the consume huge amounts of and jet fuel which is hard to source in ukraine and there's various other reasons, they're highly sophisticated and that they wouldn't be able to train ukrainian forces to use them in the time frame that you create needs them. so it looks like all of those reports are correct. he's achieved what he wanted all along, which was a really broad coalition of european western allies to commit together to send battle tanks, not just for germany to be doing it alone. so we'll see, we'll see in the next few hours, i'm sure whether those reports are confirmed by the moment it seems like it's likely. all right, that is that is matthew moore, keeping a close on that story for us. thank you. well, let's bring in marina miran she is

a military analyst that kings college london. welcome to the program. so what do you make about these latest developments receiving these battle tanks from the united states and germany? how big of a game changer with this be on the battlefield? i think in the 1st instance, it is a big political sign for support of ukraine, and it coincides with the corruption scandal and removing souls responsible for corruption from their political positions right now in ukraine's. so as president lansky was trying to shows that there should be trust in his country to be able to manage those tanks. and so decision by all faults, obviously everybody was expecting him to give the green light. and again, this shows the unity all the coalition because there will be obviously problems when sending those tanks in terms of time in terms of maintenance and sustainment

of the tanks. and obviously training of the troops to use those tanks. so this is more of a morale boost for the ukranian army right now, because we realistically don't know what the russians will be launching their offensive and where. but this is a great political gesture. now looking up from the just the co issue here, how will it work to send these battle tanks from germany and other countries to ukraine? what sort of timeline are we looking at while for life or 2 tanks, it will be certainly longer to establish the necessary logistical lines of the why, because we're talking here about 120 millimeters most bore main gun, which requires needles, tender them munition, before the ukrainians. were using different ammunition, different caliber of ammunition. it will need spare parts and other

things like support vehicles. so probably it want they want to arrive on the battlefield before mid spring. in addition to that, some of the things might need to be refurbished before use and in conjunction with that, the ukranian troops will need to be trained to use those things are much more complex . and the tanks that the ukrainians have from the soviet stalks like 7 to twos and for the average thing, given that there will be 30 it just in terms of logistics. it creates a very happy logistical footprint. in addition to supplying this special jet fuel and the depleted uranium rounds, which the rooms thank you this so it's quite complex. it will be a very complex logistical exercise to get the tanks to ukraine. and what message is the sending to vladimir putin? what sort of response to expect to see from russia?

well, russia has been contemplating that might be this division amongst nathan members and was already thinking that it's playing right into its hands when this decision has been taken to send these tanks after all. so there will be probably some sort of intensification of the military operation. so called special military operation . and i also presumes or happen reports at russia will be deploying it's the 14 arm ta tanks, which are technically speaking very much like c and one abrams tank to the battle field in order to increase their own capabilities and not to undermine their plans . offering you defenses, right? marine on the wrong. thank you very much indeed for your time and analysis. thank you. well, let's take a look at some of the stories making headlines around the world to fulfill sweden's prime minister. kristen has re stated that nato's membership remains his country's

top national security priority, sweden and finland bids to join. the block has been finalized by talking after white wing politician in stock homes and a koran outside the turkish embassy. a resident authorities in california say the man suspected of killing a 2nd people and back to back shootings. that 2 funds on monday was an employee at one of those locations. according to investigators. the only known connection between the shooter and his victims is that they could have been co workers psych loan china, so has hit magic africa bringing strong winds and heavy rain roads connecting parts of the north west to the capital have flooded. authorities say around 50000, people have been affected by the storm. the nominations for this year's oscars awards have been announced in los angeles. the event was hosted by actors

with annette and allison williams, that flex german, anti war drama. all quiet on the western fries has 9 nations, including best picture and best international feature and action, comedy, everything, everywhere. or that once is the film to beat though it landed 11 nominations, and winners will be announced at the ceremony in march. so what are the chances that all quiet on the western front could get that big when he has d w 's scott rock tspra? oh yeah. well of, i don't think i got all of them. that would be a bit of a bit of a reach. i think but at 9 nominations is really phenomenal. i mean for non english language film to do that well is almost unheard of i've, we've seen like 2 films, roma mexican film from couple years back and crouching tiger, hidden dragon need sort of epic or chinese language. a movie vague

a book i 10 nominations. otherwise it's never, it's never happened before that a non english language don't get so many nominations. i mean, i think that almost guarantees all quite on the western pro hall walk home with a few awards. come the academy awards in march. and it's really impressive movie because a safe, not only is it the 1st german adaptation of remarks, anti war novel, which of course, was written in german. and it also really combines sort of the sort of epic war movie that is quite popular with the academy awards of, with a very sort of international perspective and a very almost unique perspective, the sort of drip perspective of the ordinary german soldier in the 1st world war incredibly powerful movie, and i'm really great. it's really great to see that it's done so well, at least with the oscar nomination, midweek been the seizure action. so leipzig, looking to carry on format, saw then take a point from legally as by and munich at the weekend, they were on the road again looking to be chalka and climb to 2nd in the table this

time. and they did it in a brutal fashion joke offense, started the game by gathering in the dark to sing a song of hope that soon wish they didn't bother switching the lights on us, all. they exposed the yawning gap in class between the sides under a silva got the 1st go in the 7th minute, wasn't yet a disaster for the homicide, but it soon would be benjamin hendricks. scott the 2nd on 15 minutes and ratio overhead. the goal and he sought again for the 3rd from close range t. my van then marked his return from injury with the force. he glared at the crowd, and the crowd looked back vacantly wishing perhaps they could be back in the dark again. for neil at half time, it would finish $61.00. the penultimate goal came from a smiling spaniard. denny alma. a gorgeous bit of skill, a slow draw humiliation as the stands emptied behind the keeper light take up to 2nd. joker, still rock bottom. they fancy stay to the bitter end, left with

a familiar sinking feeling. and in the best of the rest of tuesday nights, gangs cologne traveled to munich as rank outsiders, but came within a whisker of pulling off. a giant upset clone took an early lead, which they held until the dying minutes. and that was when you are sure kimmy stole the show. his long range strike allowed by and to snatch a draw in spectacular fashion, a contender for goal of the seas. as it business is coming up next, we'll see you soon. bye. ah come have a few counties the highlights you every week in your in box subscribe now monday with.