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the assistance announced by olaf scholz is historic with a special 100 billion euros defence for 4/5—ircraft, new helicopters, ships, tanks and ammunition. our correspondent in berlin, damien mcguinness, sent us this update. poland's moved to officially request berlin to allow warsaw to send their own german—made battle tanks will further increase the pressure on the german chancellor, olaf scholz, and that's because the german government has to agree to any german—made tanks being re—exported to ukraine according to the export guidelines and rules. the problem is until now, the chancellor and the german government could say we have not received a request so we don't have to make a decision. that request has coming now from poland, so the pressure will be even bigger on olaf scholz to say what he wants to do. the criticism of the german chancellor ec has been unclear, and transparent and not very communicative. a lot of german voters are asking that they don't understand why the german tanks, these leopard ii tanks are so important and why they should be sent to ukraine or shouldn't b

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what is the position of chancellor, germany olaf schulz?e statement has already been made. hello, really after long hesitation of the federal office of germany, during the debates, the bundestag announced that a decision had been made on the supply of leopard 2a to ukraine. according to him, it was decided the decision to form two battalions of tanks for the speedy transfer to kiev in addition, as the media had already reported the day before, other countries also received the right to transfer these german tanks to ukraine to the media, making the first comments on these statements. they say that this is almost a personal victory for the politician olaf scholz, because despite the criticism that has fallen on him about his silence. he was able to win the support of the western allies for this step. first of all, of course, the united states and olaf scholz himself dealt with these statements in the bundestag. he repeatedly stressed that the transfer of his combat vehicles would be carried out in close coordination by the allies. this is th

reporter: olaf scholz allies had fast been losing patience.of european countries own these german produced tanks. but berlin has all of the export rights and countries like poland, desperate to have send help, -- desperate to send help, could not win -- unless germany did. now the soldiers have to be trained how to use them. public pressure at home and abroad also heavily influenced the german prime minister. it is a tricky balancing act. modern and cool, but has another face, city of ghosts, reminders of germany's dark past are everywhere. holocaust memorial day is friday and german politicians should not forget. as the aggressor in both world wars, the idea of gman-made tanks rolling into parts of europe where gman soldiers once committed so many atrocities make many here feel extremely uncomfortable. >> what russia is doing now in ukraine is awful. sending and german tanks, with our history, is terrible. >> i grew up in postwar germany. it was right to think long and hard before sending tanks but now i am glad we are doing it. >> i have a b

olaf scholz said this week that if the americans send their tanks, then germany would follow suit.n the americans have said that they are reluctant to send their tanks because they are not suitable in the terrain. we are talking about huge flat agricultural land. this is the perfect terrain for tanks. there is so little cover. it sounds a bit like an excuse. they sent 3 tanks -- sent 14 tanks, which is adjuster. everyone is pulling their punches. i think tomorrow what we will see is schulz will cave to the pressure but there will be a token gesture that will be sent from poland in order to take the pressure off, to do something more to help the ukrainians. not going far enough, not sending a battalion of 100 tanks that would make a big difference on the battlefield because of the fear of provoking russians to go to the next level, putting one million people into the field and overrunning ukraine and then start taking ammo dumps in poland and extreme reactions. >> coming back to this point about potential russian defeat, especially in light of what the former russian president has s

a lot of people also criticize olaf scholz for being reticent.ple assume he is looking at the polls, weighing things up and taking his time, a way of really pacifying people to say that we are not rushing, not doing anything that would exacerbate the situation and to an escalation. the difficulty is, he has not got the country on his side, the government on his side, his coalition do not support that position, and he has not got many people in the social democratic party on his side. it is a hard call within the party to support this position and he has, under flak for being too reticent, so he is really falling between two stones. a lot of criticism here in germany. maryam: given all of thi how likely is it that we see germany agreeing to send those tanks ultimately? >> i think what we heard from the analyst earlier was quite correct. it does seem at the moment, according to experts here, tha germany will eventually be forced to allow the export of the leopard tanks. that is what the fore minister has indicated, what manyembers of the government

german chancellor olaf scholz says his country will send tanks to ukraine. at the conference of the north in manchester, where they're calling on the government to move away from competitive bidding systems such as the levelling up fund. i'm joined now by north of the tyne mayor, jamie driscoll who's at the convention of in manchester. what message would you like to convey? what message would you like to conve ? . what message would you like to conve ? , ., , ., , convey? the number one thing is as we have seen _ convey? the number one thing is as we have seen from _ convey? the number one thing is as we have seen from the _ convey? the number one thing is as we have seen from the report i convey? the number one thing is as we have seen from the report the i we have seen from the report the investment in the north is shockingly poor and has been for a long time. if we are going to be a successful country that means getting people skills levels up, better transport can generate the wealth we need in our country and the north can be a huge part of that. for hu

this comes as german chancellor, olaf shalt was pressed on the issue earlier after amazing with frances president, emanuel micron in paris. he's there to mock 60 years since the landmark elisa, trinity. the deal that started frances and germany's postwar alliance. a hug and a handshake for 60 years of peaceful corporation. the alizae treaty was signed to end wars and rivalry between france and germany. yet, the anniversary comes while war rages in europe. says without him any referral and see if this 60th anniversary has a special meaning all at a time when ukraine is resisting russia's aggression when the ideal of peace and dialogue has been flouted. when the very hope of a humanist order in europe is threatened. and when the disruptions of the world are shaking up certainties in our countries, on the b, the alyssa treaty was signed by german chancellor conrad out an hour and french president shall de gull 2 of the come sentries of hostility. it led the wife of paris in berlin to become the engine of european corporation. the 300 lawmakers from both countries had gathered in the french

german media are reporting that the chancellor, olaf scholz, has now decided to send fourteen battle weeks of pressure from kyiv and its allies. the reports say other countries, including poland, will also be permitted to re—export the german—built leopard two tanks, to help ukrainian forces fight russia's invasion. earlier, the polish prime minister gave berlin a deadline to approve its request to deploy the tanks. here's our europe editor katya adler. the prospects are looking good. chancellor scholz is in front of the german parliament tomorrow for prime minister's questions, and the talk of the town in berlin, brussels and at eu and nato headquarters and in washington is he's widely expected to say he is now ready to send heavy tanks to german—made, to ukraine. probably about 14 to 15 to start with, i'm told about the same number the uk has pledged. the real significance is not just about germany. about 80% of modern tanks in europe are those german—made leopard 2s, and they own all of the export rights, so this means countries like poland, desperate to send their tanks to ukrain

later today, doma are exclusive with german chancellor olaf scholz. davos gets underway for the second day. markets are quiet. the big risk event is a boj. that has the potential to shake things up. until that, let me take you to equities market because there are declines. some consolidation given the strong your today declines we had. china gdp out but that data is backward looking. the markets not paying too much attention to it. lunar new year starts his weekend so perhaps some proffered -- profit taking of that. s&p had a holiday yesterday. european stocks in the cash session ended the highest since april a little bit softer this morning. we see some risk appetite to start this morning coming through was in bitcoin appeared we will see whether that is continuing as soon as the boards change. we are up just 1/10 of 1%. it is back above 21,000 there this is the 14th day of rallying for bitcoin. that is a longest winning streak since two any -- 2013. the yen not doing a whole lot this morning. boj tomorrow. if they don't tweak your -- yield curve liq

while many celebrate olaf scholz�*s decisions on tanks, others, including powerful voices in his ownning lives beyond ukraine. katya adler, bbc news, berlin. retired brigadeer general mark kimmitt served in many senior roles in the us army and was a deputee asssistant secretary of defence in the george bush administration. he's in washington and joins me now. the us says it is going to send 31 tanks, hours after germany said it would send its leopard tanks. the timing is interesting, why now? it was really forced _ interesting, why now? it was really forced upon _ interesting, why now? it was really forced upon both - really forced upon both chancellor olaf scholz and president biding that there would be an offensive coming in the near term and they needed to defend the donbas and in subsequent operations attack themselves to take back the territory of ukraine. i think it finally got the nations to understand to break the stalemate we had to provide those tanks.— stalemate we had to provide those tanks. �* , ., , , those tanks. america previously said the tanks _ those tanks. america

olaf: i am absolutely convinced that this will not happen. we showed that we are able to react to a very difficult situation. i think no one really expected that we would easily survive a situation and there would be a complete stop of the supply of russian gas to germany and europe. but, we succeeded with all the decisions we took to fill our storage capacities with gas that we put 20 plants -- cold plants -- coal plants back to work. using the gas in the region and using the capacities of western european ports and building new energy ports at the northern shore of germany. the first one was opened in the end of last year, after 200 days of work. the next one, last week, and the third two, and the third to come will be opened the next week. john: do you think that is enough for next year? europe has avoided a gas crisis this year, partly because of the provisions you talked about, partly because of the nice warm weather. although berlin seems to be an exception. for all those reasons, we got away with it. next year, do you think that you ca

know, the government includes three political parties, the social democrats, whose representative olafals and greens is the minister of foreign affairs, who as a representative of the green party said in an interview with french television that germany will not stand in the way of the initiative of countries like poland to send tanks to ukraine, but chancellor olaf scholsch has not yet answered whether he agrees with this position. the spokesman of the german government was asked about it, and he gave a very vague answer, saying that all formal procedures must be taken into account. the position of chancellor scholsch is not known for sure, and his decision will be final the reason for such complex and contradictory positions lies in polls, the country is divided, insignificant. the majority of the population supports the transfer of battle tanks to ukraine, and germany has already transferred not a few. of military and financial aid after the united states arose precisely in connection with the supply of tanks, because a large part of society believes that this will lead to the escala

now there have been reports at the german chancellor, olaf fault that olaf schultz is looking at sending is considering sending those lepper to tanks. and this comes after warsaw after poland put in an official request to germany to send a leopard. 2 tanks, which obviously produced in manufactured in germany, but of course, the license to re export them requires official permission form from berlin and jr . he's been coming and increasing pressure from its european allies to approve that there does seem to be a fear on berlin's part, that it could cross a point of no return that it could result in an escalation in the war. and that it would really choke off any possibility any prospect for negotiation or there are. there is also the suggestion that other allies at countries, perhaps like spain and denmark are also reluctant or in it to send more heavy weaponry, particularly leopard to tank, to ukraine. but to, in any case, germany says that it is allowing other countries like poland to do so. and a confirmation that the u. s. is going to supply ukraine with its abram tanks. the question

more on this story. benjamin, according to media reports here in germany, it looks like chancellor olaf shoulds has made that decision to send leopard tanks to ukraine. what more can you tell us? that is what this spiegel is reporting. it's the 1st source. that's an article that starts with the decision has been made, saying on one side that germany will give green law to other allies of ukraine who wants to send their own battle tanks. that's not such a big surprise because it's also something that german foreign minister on alina babcock hinted on sunday, saying that berlin will send in the way. but what's interesting, he and that's also a new information that according a to dish beagle. this also at least a company of leopard 2, a 6 tanks, a from the bonus vist stock. the could also be sent a to ukraine will still waiting for the confirmation for this. and also the confirmation about the media reports that say that the u. s. will do the same with the ab raps tax. so if those reports are confirmed, can you give us a little more context to help us understand what would have led to that

the reason this is connected is because for a long time, olaf scholz's mantra has been don't go alonermany and europe cannot send battle tanks on its own. it would leave europe exposed. that is why the germa chancellor has been trying to persuade washington to also send its own battle tanks. washington until today appeared to be knocking back the request, saying it was impossible for logistical reasons. that seems to have changed. on one hand, the german chancellor possibly bearing down to international pressure, could in fact be a coup. he has managed to get the u.s. on side, but he can create this alliance of countries working together tsend battle tanks in order not to leave one country or just europe on its own. >> damien mcginnis reporting. for more on the discussions of sending tanks to ukraine, i'm speaking with colonel alexander vindman, who formerly served as director for european and russian affairs at the white house national security council. >> was it inevitable germany would send tanks because of how much pressure the german chancellor came under from allies? >> absolute

according to these reports in germany, it looks like olaf scholz has made the decision to send thoseks to ukraine finally. benjamin: the first media outlet that reported on this, spiegel, said that germany will give the green light for all european allies who want to send battle tanks to ukraine directly. the other thing, germany is also planning on sending its own tanks, a company of leopard 2 a-6 tanks from huntersville stocks -- from bond is where -- from bundeswehr stocks. we tried to call germany's defense ministry, but they said they cannot confirm or deny this indu information. we have the german chancellor addressing parliament tomorrow, so we might have more about this green light after so much pressure was put on the chancellor. brent: and so much extra time for this decision to come. we know what has led to, or what seems to be a shift in position? benjamin: definitely a shift in position, because there was too much pressure from the german opposition and german government parties as well, saying he should give this green light, and he was too reluctant. high-ranking polit

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olaf scholz said that germany would co—ordinate the tanks but he add his country would ensure nato isa war with russia. germany's decision paves the way for other european countries to do the same. poland has been seeking german permission to send 1a of its leopards to ukraine too. the german made tank is used by many nation, others are expected to follow in their track, that is in addition to m british army challenger tanks already pledged to ukraine. the us is reported to be on the verge of a decision, to supply ukraine with some of its own tanks. ukraine with some of its own tanks. ukraine is still unlikely to get the 300 additional tanks it has asked for but it could get enough to make a difference. translation: ~ ., , translation: we do everything necessary every _ translation: we do everything necessary every day _ translation: we do everything necessary every day to _ translation: we do everything necessary every day to fill - translation: we do everything necessary every day to fill the i necessary every day to fill the deficit in tanks and i thank everyone who supports us in

as olaf has pointed out, this will take some time. moving them all the way to europe.he fact that countries in europe want to release their leopards is important signal. there is so much frustration in regards to chancellor scholz. there were protests in germany. all sorts of dialogue within germany about this. time is of the essence. the dashes traditionally more friendly towards russia. i think this is also the closing of an era. with the announcement of the change, some people have described it more as a slalom down a mountain. not so much a turning point as moving around, trying to find the center of gravity. i think this war has lasted longer than anybody in berlin envisioned. as president zelenskyy said, he needs tanks and artillery. he is going to start asking for planes. i do not know if that will happen, but it is important for ukraine to win at this point heard the message is clear that the west is united, despite some kerfuffle. in addition, russia threatening use of nuclear weapons, the west is not kowtowing to that. that sends an important message to beiji

with the ukrainians, then the swiss newspaper is whining too late, the zürcher saitung, writes that olafplaying for time the leopard tanks will arrive too late and in too few numbers to decide the outcome of the confrontation this spring ukraine needs more western offensive weapons , to rebuff the russian military, on the front pages of most german media today headlines condemning the chancellor, frankfurter, algimal collet, writes that germany has done kiev a disservice and brought the defeat of ukraine was criticized by scholz and from the pages of spiegel. why the chancellor hesitates, he postpones the inevitable germany becomes isolated, it repels its partners and will pay dearly for stubbornness, the international reputation of germany continues to suffer, the russians are happy, and the ukrainians suffer the bundestag at a press conference, journalists tried to get specifics from the speakers. at the rates of tanks, but steffin heber schreit, the government representative only once again reminded what principles berlin is guided by when helping ukrainians again and again the chance

here's chancellor olaf scholz. >> we will also provide ukraine with battle tanks. result of intensive consultation once again with our allies and international partners. >> let's take a closer look at germany's role in all of this. it is operated by about 20 countries worldwide and is made in germany. it gets more complicated. other countries that operate the tanks to donate them. a member of the free democratic party. i spoke to him earlier. >> i was happy yesterday, finally came to this decision that took us quite some time to commit, especially the social democrats. so the day of happiness began ukraine -- >> now that we have seen the tanks being approved, the question many are asking is how many, what number do you think would have a decided impact on the war? >> what number from germany, but the total number when it comes to ukraine. more is better. in those areas, it would help. i think they should all think about doing more. for instance, germany said it was 14. we have more than 300. >> what is it you think created the hesitancy within germany about this? >

that these data in davos have created an international coalition to put pressure on german chancellor olaf schulz to allow the delivery of german leopard tanks to ukraine, reuters reports berlin is still resisting, saying that western tanks will be displayed only if there is an agreement between kyiv's allies, in particular the united states , polish presidents duda and lytvyn oseda are convinced that germany will provide ukraine with leopard tanks. after all, their supply will become a strategic part of the next phase of the war. we are trying to organize even greater support for ukraine we hope that there are several partners, several allies who will provide ukraine with leopard tanks and challenger tanks from great britain , and so we really hope that the tank manufacturer germany itself will also take part in this . of the department of the ukrainian research institute of special equipment and forensics of the sbu, the woman justified the full-scale russian invasion in every possible way and also denied the war crimes of the invaders and the occupation ukrainian territories, the suspec

olaf scholz and emmanuel macron warned european businesses they will boost spending to keep pace with the u.s. and china. we are coming off the back of quite a friday. it was marked by short covering. the most shorted equities rallied 4%. this is perhaps due in part to waller. it is a downshifting from the fed. for today's markets, it is very thin trading and yesterday was the start of the lunar new year for much of asia so chinese and hong kong markets are closed. japan is open and the rally continues there. the rally also continuing in european futures but it takes every there in the u.s., perhaps not surprising to see consolidation after such a strong rally. also i's turn to tech earnings next in the u.s. and microsoft kicks things off on tuesday. across assets, the dollar slipping against all of its g10 peers. the euro was gaining this morning. you have the hawks from the ecb dominating the conversation while the fed conversation is about the downshift. copper at a seven month high. positivity around the u.s. economy. that gas, it is cold in new york, and natural gas is up about 8

olaf scholz visits south america this weekend. look at supplies of lithium that card giants like mercedes-benz and volkswagen need for their electric vehicle batteries. chad joins us now. what is the main message from olaf scholz on this trip? >> he feels like germany had to learn its lesson with the heavy reliance on russian gas and we all saw how painful that process has been over the last year or so. what he is now focused on is where do they find rare earth? he did this trip to south america and he was in argentina on saturday, chill late yesterday and brazil today. he was looking for deals to get lithium. of course, the german automotive industry, oliver was talk about that his piece a minute ago, is so key to the economy here. lithium as we all know is a key component of batteries. the carmakers make that shift to left vacation and they will need that lithium. he is working to secure contracts for these german companies for lithium. francine: i was surprised that this does not go through the european union voice. i don't kno

this is where the problem lies at the moment, and not only with olaf scholz.rent: what about public opinion? the latest polls show there is still support for ukraine from the german public, but when it comes to the question of sending tanks to ukraine, it's about 50-50, for and against in germany. should it be informing the chancellor in his -- what appears to be long decision-making time? guest: he can't ignore it, for sure. but of course, he is also the chancellor. edney deputy is not just following public opinion by the minute. sure, we need to explain to the german public what the intentions and strategy is, at that one thing leads to the next. they can see these concerns. particularly matters of military strategy are not also something that average people have fully formed opinions about. so while not everybody will change their mind, if the government would really communicate what they are doing, i think it is fair to say that they may sway another 10% of the population. so this 50/50, is not the deciding factor, i think it is this hesitation of the part

and right now, olaf you do. and right now, olaf scholz thinks he's okay because you do.right now, olaf scithinks nks he's okay because you do. and right now, olaf scithinks he's1e's okay because you do. and right now, olaf scithinks he's not okay because you do. and right now, olaf scithinks he's not in ay because you do. and right now, olaf scithinks he's not in ay tfiringe he thinks he's not in the firing line. but putin is just going to change where firing. yeah, change where he's firing. yeah, yeah. change where he's firing. yeah, yeah . okay. well, look, this yeah. okay. well, look, this isn't away. this story, we isn't going away. this story, we will back it. will probably come back to it. but also later in the show, i'm going to get more questions from our audience. our wonderful studio audience. but on but after the break on free speech nation, prime minister rishi the scottish rishi sunak has the scottish government's bill government's gender reform bill potentially a constitutional crisis ? we will be asking if he crisis? we will be asking if he was right to do

so this same olaf, without fulfilling any conditions, came out today and said.e way, i think that the story with that's why you said olaf ask maybe because i arranged the catch, well, from their point of view , i set it up, yes, and still i will try, of course, yes, but because i don't know what position i occupied history. well let's say that he was not a supporter there were symptoms that he was not a supporter of supplies. yes, and in this situation this morning, the chancellor calls him and says, we are supplying tanks. that is why history, if he was not a supporter, he could well have said so there too, right? well, it's understandable. she's probably berka, she's finally. the concept of each other does not bring peace and freedom to ukraine look at her face and at this upturned nose. if we start we continue this game of blaming each other because it's more convenient then russia and putin will win. that's why i personally do it. everything is the opposite. that is why as democratic politicians in my country, where we have a government with different actors

after 13 months of work on the facebook page, she reported the statement to the german chancellor olafo is now the head of the german chancellor the government must sign it, german media said earlier with reference to own sources reported lamberg's intention to leave the post of head of the defense department, it is currently unknown who will be able to take her post after her resignation, take control of the patriots, about 100 of our soldiers flew to the united states for training with the air defense system, the patriot said a voice of america journalist with reference to the american tv channel fox in the pentagon developed an accelerated training program for them, usually the training of the military continues several months, although the standard period of training is from 6 to a year, the united states also began extended combat training of ukrainian soldiers on the territory of germany, according to the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff committee, general mark milli, about five hundred servicemen of the armed forces of ukraine will train at the german training ground, at le

chancellor olaf scholz has remained vague during criticism for dragging his feet on sending militaryardware. this administration says it will not be rushed. >> the german government does not rule out supplying tanks, it just has not decided whether it will do so but maybe to consider many things before you take a reckless step that you basically regret in the end. >> despite germany's reluctance it remains one of the top weapons donors to ukraine. kyiv has been calling for these tanks for months. the leopards are capable of changing the situation on the ground, giving them the push to thwart russia's renewed aggression. >> earlier we spoke to france 24th correspondent in germany, nick spicer. he told us why berlin is hesitant to send ukraine heavy artillery. >> germany has one of the strictest re-export regimes for its weapons in the world. largelyecause of its world war ii past, the law does not want exports to do anything which would harmrom a relations with countries tha gerny wants t maintain. at it mea conetely is basically if you are a native country and you ask for a re-export

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olaf scholz is being written about in the western media . 14 armata, whose tanks will be the first to arrive in ukraine and how much time does kyiv have to prepare for a new russian offensive, american intelligence has given an assessment that , according to intelligence data, russia is not in the vicinity of the ukrainian cities of soledar and bakhmut has full control over any of these settlements what is happening in the direction of bakhmut, we will add to the broadcast the military that are there well, let's discuss practically a detective story that putin is preparing an attack on kyiv on the morning of february 24, ukrainian intelligence learned from a man named denys kireev who allegedly cooperated with the gur, but 10 days later kireev was killed by sbu employees, this story was told by the american publication the wall street journal , we will try to figure out how this could happen and whether kireev really played a key role role in informing about putin's plans, the russian army, in particular, wagner's mercenaries, after a partial success in soledar, are trying to break th

me the story force bridgeman, we've got these media reports, the rigidity, it looks like chancellor olaf shoulds as made the decision to send these takes to ukraine. we can or cannot confirmed that that's right. that was the 1st article that we had by the speaker saying a decision was made on 2 things on one side, giving green lights to other european allies to one to sent the tanks that they can do so to ukraine because they have to get the green light from belinda, the other one brother surprising one as well. is that, that germany is also planning on sending these tang so german tanks out of the bonuses, so that could be then sent to ukraine. the number that the spiegel is reporting is a company of leopard, to a 6 tanks, a company of 14 tanks. so rather a surprising news when it comes to this number. but as you just sat, these comes after several days, several weeks of pressure and of discussion, not only from within the german out position, but also from within the government, with many, also not applauding these a media reports. but as you just mentioned, we still have to wait for t

we're also with the french president, emmanuel, my call olaf shorts. his counterpart where this debate is not something that he wants to have for a very long time. no, thank you very much. he political correspond, nina hussar, bell. godlike kuza better is a member of the german parliament with the center. right. christian democrats is a military expert and suits on the foreign affairs committee. he told us how leopard battle tank could impact the course of the war. hello air. well, this would be really a change not only in the mindset, but also could create it could turn around the war. because it is a war not only against ukraine, it's a russian war of attrition and atrocities against the western world against the free who based order and ukraine is only the 1st cornerstone in the russian strategy. so to deliver this weapons would create and turn around and it would give the ukrainian forces after a smart training, also the chance to regain its own territory. now, many germans are worried about a possible escalation of this war. do you share that conc

yes, and alone on a dubious matter, the government of olaf scholz.s underway in other countries. the eu will find legal ways to seize russian assets to help finance restoration of ukraine, the bloc will seek to create a structure to manage these funds and invest them in the interests. kiev responded most quickly to the call those who have nothing to lose the head of the estonian. mida said that the government is already preparing a mechanism for the legal withdrawal of russian money by settlement. only in this country 17 billion euros is frozen one and a half times more than the entire annual budget of estonia . yell at yourself trust other countries, the second russia can answer, including in a mirror way, but because we also made the corresponding calculations there by experts. and we have enough, including foreign assets on the territory of our country in such volumes, the funds of another state. never been assigned yet. how such a precedent for europe could end was explained by the chairman of the state duma vyacheslav volodin, recalling that the

battlefield discussed logistics and agreed on strategically important issues volodymyr zelenskyi and olaf on the phone after the decision of the german chancellor to supply ukraine with german tanks , he emphasized the correctness of such a decision, comforted the interaction with partners, but once again emphasized that he seeks to avoid the escalation of the conflict between the partner countries, this is about the german leopard-2 -4 germany's decision to hand over 14 leopards for service to our country unlocked a powerful package of military aid from the european union , they plan to issue two tanks as soon as possible battalions of 41 heavy equipment in each company of one of the battalions will form leopard tanks e-e two a6 from germany , finland, spain and the netherlands, the second is being collected by poland and norway. tanks in ukraine, sweden announced that in general, according to the results of the eighth rammstein , 12 western countries volunteered to arm our country at once . we need tanks. we need to create a fist of freedom. this fist will hit russia fatal blow, the pre

i think this is a massive decision from olaf sholtes and potentially game changing in this war. as the german defense minutes, the board for storage has been saying today, not in itself, perhaps because the number of tanks that germany is promising is initially not large. but if it opens the way for other countries to same tanks, particularly those countries also have german made left the tanks, in which of course, as you mentioned, germany is now saying it will not stand in their way if they want to join in this effort. so, you know, there could be a lot of leopards and all the tanks going in to ukraine. that's exactly what president zelinski has said that he, he wants, he's looking for the opportunity to win on the ground. and indeed, in the take back some of the territory that russia has sees. and another thing about this decision, it could be the 1st step for germany to gain back some of the international trust. it's last that germany can be a leader in the west, in response to this conflict. certainly has been damaged during the last weeks of hesitation by allow sholtes. yo

such a very political undertone is whether germany will already announce today the chancellery of olaf scholz a positive decision regarding the transfer of leopard-2 tanks to the needs of the ukrainian armed forces . by the way, even the president of ukraine volodymyr zelenskyi said that this long-awaited today's ramstein should bring very good news and it will mostly differ from previous meetings . maybe even tomorrow after the meeting after the briefing, we are unlikely to find out the information that will be discussed precisely on the sidelines of this meeting , because we understand that according to the results of this meetings, the aggressor russian federation is watching our conversations. of course, all this will also be discussed in the columns of their newspapers published in social networks, and we understand that this is very annoying to the enemy, because such weapons that ukraine will receive from the united states from our european partners are what is currently being discussed the provision of weapons to them - from germany, which also raises many questions, because fo

to fulfill olaf scholz and still give permission for the supply of leopard tanks to ukraine literally today, dmytro kuleba, the minister of foreign affairs of ukraine, wrote about the fact that there is half a step left, we are at the final stage . this is how he commented on germany's granting of permission for the supply of leopard tanks to ukraine, perhaps in the near future. well, in order not to miss anything, i traditionally encourage you to subscribe to the pages of radio svoboda in social networks on instagram telegram facebook twitter viber and two youtube channels radio svoboda and radio svoboda ukraine until tomorrow, cinema, vision, sport , music, education, free people have a choice, choose what you want on megogo, so that ukrainians don't think about it, no matter what they talk about, the first place is still war, war and our victory, seven days a week from monday, monday, seven different spheres of human activity sport culture politics eight presenters espresso journalists experts opinion leaders in real time about the most relevant events through the lens of war every

despite on the fact that germany seeks to cooperate with the united states, today the position of olaf scholz is widely known, and it consists in the fact that he received leopard battle tanks in ukraine only when america sends ours and we are adding up the results of the eighth rammstein with the experts in contact with us researcher of the london school of economics maria zolkina and director of nujet express search network mykhailo samus i congratulate you both on the air so a good day for the kremlin a bad day for ukraine that's how rammstein i support mrs. maria from the right in because in fact, rammstein itself is a coordination event, it was attended by high-ranking officials in order to look each other in the eye, make sure that they trust each other and start working on sectoral directions, that is, it is obvious that the work in the tank direction is just beginning, and i am sure that it will be successful, that is, a decision will be made in germany, i think the most uh, rather about the supply of tanks, just the permission to reexport tanks, the finns, who have already flo

german defense minister christina lambrecht asked chancellor olaf schulz to resign , the german news agency dpa writes, the official has long been criticized. in particular, for the improper supply of the bundessphere, and also because of her statement of the impossibility of drastically increasing the size of the army. now back to the situation in donetsk over the last hour. ukrainian troops. twice fired on the capital of the region strikes, in including in the kalininsky and kiev districts , we will discuss the situation in the city in more detail now live with the mayor of donetsk alexei kulimzin alexei valeryevich hello a strike was struck today at a shopping center and according to the ministry of emergency situations of the region under the rubble and people can remain, which is known about the course of the search and rescue operations at the site of impacts and what data are there by this hour of the victims? at 8:35 a.m., the kalininsky district was struck in the center of the kalininsky district, the blow fell under the shopping center, which was located pharmacy office sho

it is a huge success for olaf schultz.e all, that he will not take on himself the role of a leader in europe imposed by the americans this was his goal at the same time the deputy editor-in-chief of the polish publication, for some reason, the polish michal shulzynski writes that germany's positive decision regarding leopards also strengthens poland, not only from the point of view of security, but also from a political point of view. poland is strengthening its position as a country that has not only become an infrastructural hub for assistance to ukraine, but also strives for this assistance to come from different parts of the world, so the government has created various coalitions for the transfer of weapons from other countries states , perhaps the americans had the greatest influence on germany's decisions, but pressure from poland also contributed to this, a colleague from the new york times agrees with a polish journalist in an article entitled the war in ukraine accelerates the shift of power in europe to the east

well, in fact, we remember these signals that olaf scholz sent, journalists wrote about it about the fact that he talked with joseph biden and said that if, say, washington dares to transfer even some possible , perhaps i can assume that it was about a symbolic number of abrams, if washington agrees to transfer the abrams to kyiv, then berlin will also decide on this step regarding the transfer of leopards mr. grabsky appeared on our broadcast, i have one last question for you . please tell me. and what is the total number of tanks that ukraine can get? i have already declared 12 countries that allegedly are ready to hand over their leopards. we remember that valeriy zaluzhny said that he really needs 300 tanks with all these permits , when everyone will receive everything, how many tanks can ukraine get? well, you know, uh, general zaluzhny talked about tanks and he didn't specify what it should be only leopards or only abrams or only leclercs or only challengers and even according to the results of rammstein, which we already mentioned with you in the eighth meeting, ukraine receiv

while speaking to parliament, a short time ago, chancellor, olaf schoultz stressed germany is working closely with allies. we have end. okay. you know, we will provide leopard to main battle tanks to ukraine slide. this is the result of intensive consultation, along with our allies and international partners, not so long problem. and i want to say explicitly as well, it was right that we did not allow ourselves to drift to listen to that. we rely on this closed cooperation in such matters. not solution. angelique had said, well we've been talking about it all week, but how big of a decision is this? i put that question to detail these political correspondent, simon young. claire, i think she's a massive decision from olaf sholtes and potentially game changing in this war. as the german defense minister, both stories has been saying today, not in itself, perhaps because the number of tanks that germany is promising is initially not large. but if it opens the way for other countries to send tanks, particularly those countries also have german made leopard tanks, in which of course, as y