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the dying minutes, but it was worth it. jubilation follows a spectacular goal from yup to a commission that saves the day for the defending champion. ah, i'm sarah kelly. welcome to the program. turman media are reporting the chancellor, olaf salt will to day announce a decision to send german made leopard tanks to ukraine. he's also expected to approve requests from poland and other countries to do the same. this apparent decision comes amid increased pressure from western allies to scale up military aid for cave. ukraine wants to use the tanks to reclaim territory still occupied by russian forces. german chancellor ala shoulds has reportedly decided to send leopard tanks to ukraine and the low other countries such as poland and finland to

do so to leper tank. so used by a number of natal countries, they're seen by defense experts as the most suitable heavy battle tanks for ukraine's needs. hello to me, it's to lensky. welcome to the news, but says he needs 300 tanks. which model would it put on? there is a lot of talk about tanks, know about the modern tides, young need management, how this deficit can be fail if you'd seen many efforts, words, promises, or beach, but it is important to us in reality, but that is not 5 or 10 rav with the leukemia tanks to denita is greater yet less we do everything we need to fill the deadly seattle really session. i thank everyone who's helping us unless it the juggle cosmo courtney turn off, john will be 3. as he spoke, reports emerge from the united states that washington was preparing to send abrams and one bottle tanks. while on confirmed such

a decision would mark him major turner road, though it could take months before the weeks ukraine. the m one is a complex weapon system that is challenging to maintain, as we've talked about. that was true yesterday. it's true today will be true in the future. again. well, without getting in hypotheticals, any time that we provided ukraine with any type of system, we provided that the training and sustainment capabilities with that the development come master. a number of allied countries expressed frustration with germany over inch reluctance to a low tank deliveries. they needed barrel inside of to transfer the road. they now appear to have it. the news has gone down badly in russia. of course, these deliveries would bring nothing good for future relationships. they will leave a lasting mark the world. no,

wait to see whether ukraine gets the tank set so desperately once and in time to fend off a russian offensive in the spring. it political correspondent, thomas barrow joins us with more thomas, germany, as we've been hearing under much pressure to send these tanks to ukraine. how big a decision would this be? both for german policy and for ukraine itself? absolutely. a big decision in both cases, both for german policy, especially because germany has been under a lot of criticism in recent days for what allies consider to be germany's reluctance on this issue. germany's reluctance when it comes to sending those times to ukraine and allowing, by the way other countries to do the same. it would also be, by the way, an important decision for here for the ukranian leadership. they have been asking for germany and other our lives to deliver these tanks, these kinds of tanks because they consider it to be particularly important for them

on the battle ground. so in both cases, this would be a very significant decision in the german case. additionally, it would also help to ease some of those concerns that have been leveled by partners leveled by allies pointing to the fact that germany's leadership is a reluctant leadership that germany should be much more decisive when it comes to announcing these kinds of measures. especially when it comes to giving the green light for partners and for themselves to also send those times to ukraine. thomas, the u. s. also expected to announce it is sending similar tanks to ukraine. what should we make of that timing? well, it is very important that this timing is actually as it is because germany had stressed on many occasions that it did not want to be seen as making unilateral decisions on this issue. so the fact that the u. s. is probably also going to send its own tanks, means that this is a joint decision that this is something that allies decided together. so again,

for germany, this is something that points to all these discussions that were happening in recent days behind the scenes also publicly. that germany did not want to make decisions on its own, didn't want to be seen as only sending its tanks to ukraine. so certainly the fact that the us seems to be on board is good news for the german leadership at a time when it is facing increased criticism by countries here in europe, but also by politicians in the united states. ukraine says it needs the tanks. now, thomas, how quickly could the tanks get there and what other support might be on the horizon from the germans? well, one element that has to be discussed as well is all the issue of maintenance of these tanks when they are sent and also training. that's something that the german defense minister, the new german defense minister bowers before is clearly stated yesterday, already telling allies that they could start to train ukrainian soldiers on the use of these tanks. so i don't expect this to be immediate. we will still need some time for these tanks to be delivered to ukraine and for ukrainian soldiers to be

able to use them as well in the, on the battlefield. for now, the important element is the news that these tanks could be delivered. the next elements will be to discuss when they will be delivered and what kind of impact they growth will have on the battlefield. thomas sparrow with the view from berlin . thomas, thank you so much. so what is it about these german made tanks which make it the weapon of choice for ukraine. let's have a look. it's the flagship of the german army, the leper to a heavily armed battle tank with superior firepower weighing close to 60 tons. it can hit targets at a distance of up to 5 kilometers and protect itself and other vehicles from all kinds of threats. while still being agile and easy to maneuver. that's why it's widely regarded as the best of its kind. developed for the bonus van more than 40

years ago and built in germany, the leper too is now also used by many other countries, especially in europe, but also in canada. sheila cutter indonesia and elsewhere. more than 3500 units. i used worldwide by some 19 nations over time, the tank was upgraded and adjusted for use in specific environments. so several different versions have emerged and not all of them are still up to date. refurbishing them to make them fit for combat in ukraine takes time. so even with a political decision made, it could take months until the leopard to can make a difference on the front line. and let's get more and that we are joined by defense expert marina myron from the war studies department at kings college in london. welcome to the program and thank you so much for joining us. what could the delivery of these tanks mean for the ukranian position on the battlefield? well, they have to consider it. first of all, that these tanks are far superior to what the crane already has the 72,

for instance. and the most important thing i think is the better armor that these things have. however, we also have to think about the fact that these things happen in a lot of battle. and so there is a mixed bag despite the amazing technical specs that they boast in syria as they have been very vulnerable to mindset more through. so we don't know what kind of tanks ukraine will get, what version of flapper it's there will be in ukraine and in how far they will compare it to zones that have been used by turkey. and what does that arm or has been graded since whether the ukraine will get better crew protection with their it's and so there are a lot of questions right now and as far as their effectiveness is concerned. but we're hoping that they will be an upgrade to what ukraine has. the plans of course,

have to be ready to use them. how quickly do you think based upon what you know about this tags? how quickly do you think that can happen? and the delivery as well. there have been possible reports of an offensive from russia in the spring. would ukraine be ready? well, there is a problem. first of all, we have to think about the number of things that is being delivered, know driven, you place to replace the squadron, which is 14 tanks. the same amount has been pledged by poland. so 1st question is, will, will they be deliver it together, or will they be deliver the in part to ukraine? so we don't know that. and so it's difficult to say was it, they will be there on time to be able to friend off the russian offensive. the 2nd thing is, obviously, as you mentioned, training and training takes up to 2 months in the best case scenario. and so the training it is discharge right now, but we don't know if the russian offensive will wait until april when the tanks

might be appearing on the battlefield. and the 3rd thing, because we don't know where it will take place, and we don't have the 300 pangs that ukraine request, that they will have user intelligence services to be very sure were russia will strike. where is this contra offensive will take place? considering the very long front line, so these tanks of small number will have to be concentrated. where are the russians might strike otherwise it will be a waste. and russia for its par, we have to mention, says that sending tanks to ukraine would indeed be a provocation. what type of potential retaliation from the russians is being discussed in the defense circles that you're plugged into? well, right now, russia is threatening to deployed t for the normal tank, which hasn't seen battle either. it would be something along the lines of m, one abrams, in terms of specifications. however, it might be just a part of russian propaganda in order to kind of intimidates

a west that it will be escalating the war. and another thing that russia has threatened to do is deploy and artificial intelligence based roberts, which would basically fulfill the role of attain so we don't know exactly how russia will respond, but it is expected that they might intensify their offensive operations as we're seeing some movements along roses parisha frond and in her saw next radar. so we have to be careful because while we're waiting for tanks, the battle fuel dynamics are changing every day. marina myron from the war studies department at kings college london. thank you so much for sharing that expertise on the situation on the front lines in ukraine. if you let's have a look at some other stories making headlines. the european court of human rights is set to announce whether it will hear a dutch case against russia over the downing of flight and meet 17 in 2014,

all 298 people on board. the malaysian airlines flight were killed when it was shot down by a missile fired by forces under moscow's command in eastern ukraine. microsoft is investigating an issue that's caused worldwide disruption to several of its services, including teams and outlook. the company's not saying how many users have been affected, but outage tracking websites have locked thousands of incidents globally. teams alone is used by more than 280000000 people. now midway button to sega action and leipzig are looking to carry on the form that saw them take a point from the leaders by our munich at the weekend. they were on the road again, intent on beating chalka and climbing to 2nd in the table. this time, and they did it in bold fashion, jenkins and started the game by gathering in the dock to sing a song of hope. not let soon wish they didn't bother switching the lights on us,

all. they exposed the yawning gap in class between the sides. under silva got the 1st go in the 7th minute, wasn't yet a disaster for the home side, but it soon would be. benjamin hendricks got the 2nd on 15 minutes. andre silva had the colony sought again for the 3rd from close range t. my vanity marked his return from injury with the 4th. 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 lot to go up to 2nd . junkers still rock bottom, they fancy, stayed to the bitter end left with that familiar. sinking feeling now into his other games. cologne traveled to munich as rank outsiders, but came within

a whisker of pulling off a train, upset against leaders. buyer cologne took an early lead, which they held until the dying minutes. that was when you're too timid, stole the show. his long range strike allowed byron to snatch a draw in spectacular fashion, a contender for goal of the season. that's all for me. a surprising uptake in business sentiment in germany, that's coming up next with my colleague, kate ferguson. i'm sarah kelly and berlin, thanks for watching. ah ah, a lot of contrast of ambitions of inequality. 75 years ago mahatma gandhi peacefully led the country to independence.