. —— and not allowed taremi to write again. in the german capital. while many celebrate 0laf scholz�*s decisions on tanks, others, including voices in his own party, warn that this conflict could now escalate — threatening lives beyond ukraine. katya adler, bbc news, berlin. —— allow i spoke to the assistant director at the atlantic council's eurasia centre andrew d'anieri, and asked him how the tank deliveries would help ukraine's war effort. this is really a significant day in the west's response to russia's war in ukraine. kyiv has been calling out for tanks for many months now. we've seen a similar pattern as with other weapons systems, where kyiv and president zelensky ask for weapon systems, the us and germany say "no, no, no," and then, a few months later, those same systems are transferred to ukraine. it's worked relatively well so far, but of course, that strategy could be strengthened even more and ukraine could be closer to victory were the us, were germany to send these tanks much quicker than they have done, even i