. _ decisions in a call with olaf scholz, he tweeted.sions in a call with olaf scholz, he tweeted. grateful to the chancellor — scholz, he tweeted. grateful to the chancellor and all our friends in germanx — germany. public pressure at home germany. — public pressure at home as well as abroad also heavily influenced chancellor scholz as prime minister of germany his is a tricky balancing act. modern and cool, berlin had another face too. city of ghosts. reminders of germany's dark past are everywhere here. its holocaust memorial day on friday and german politicians don't, they shouldn't forget. as the aggressor in two world wars, the idea of german made tanks rolling in to parts of europe where german soldiers committed so many atrocities, make many here feel extremely uncomfortable. translation:— extremely uncomfortable. translation: ., , ., translation: what russia is doing now in ukraine _ translation: what russia is doing now in ukraine is _ translation: what russia is doing now in ukraine is awful. _ translation: what russia is doin

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

also wary of moscow, chancellor olaf scholz _ will react.llor olaf scholz was - will react. also wary of moscow, chancellor olaf scholz was keen | will react. also wary of moscow, i chancellor olaf scholz was keen for the to send some of its mighty abrams tends to ukraine, too. this evening, as if on preagreed q, evening, as if on preagreed 0, president biden promised 31 vehicles for care. desperate for care. —— for kyiv. putin expected europe and the united states to weaken our resolve. he expected our support for ukraine to crumble with time. he was wrong. and he was wrong from the beginning, and he continues to be wrong. we are united. washington's announcement and berlin's u—turn are a wish come true for ukraine's president, who celebrated his birthday today. translation: the key now is speed and volume- — translation: the key now is speed and volume. we _ translation: the key now is speed and volume. we had _ translation: the key now is speed and volume. we had form _ translation: the key now is speed and volume. we had form a - transla

olaf scholz has confirmed germany will send battle tanks to rain. the move comes as forces train to use the time. you are watching dw news. stick around. we'll be right back. ówówóoc■j?■x■x >> welcome to live from paris. world news and analysis from france 24. these are the headlines. biden says u.s. tanks for ukraine are not a threat to rush the move by whington follows the decision by germany not to stop its leopard tech speak -- leopard tanks to back the efforts to seal prudence invasion. zelenskyy says this keeps ukraine on the path to victory. take into the streets in beirut in protest as a row breaks out over the reopening of the investigation into the 2020 port explosion. the public pro

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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

following the announcement that germany will provide ukraine with leopard two tanks, chancellor olaf scholzllies have shown such determination and coherence in supporting ukraine against this war of aggression started by the russian federation, and our approach is on one hand to support ukraine financially, economically, humanitarian—wise and also militarily and on the other hand, put maximum pressure on the russian federation through sanctions. this was is not only a war of the russian federation against ukraine, it's a fundamental attack on the ukrainian peace and security architecture and we need to give the ukrainians what they need to defend themselves against the russian invasion. that means artillery, air defence, and modern battle tanks of western style and that is why germany is acting in accommodation with other allies, the british are going to send tanks, probably the americans and other european allies are already also ready to send leopard tanks. the dutch, norwegian, danish, the finns. it was important germany would not stand in the way of finding a european solution to this c

first of all, of course, the united states and olaf scholz himself dealt with these statements in thestressed that the transfer of his combat vehicles would be carried out in close coordination by the allies. this is the result of tense negotiations with our allies and partners , and i want to say rightly that we did not allow this issue to take its course. and that we rely on close cooperation on such an issue and will continue to do so. our goal is to quickly prepare two tank battalions together with our allies. many countries will be happy to implement deliveries, and we will coordinate it germany will supply tanks leopard 2 a6 from the stocks of the bundeswehr. if other countries do this, we will also train ukrainian crews, as well as provide logistics and equipment. not only the opposition, but also the partners ulav and scholz in the government coalition repeatedly, both during the debates and the debates preceding them, repeatedly questioned whether the consequences of such a step for germany itself and for the collective west would be too serious. in the very first question of

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

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

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

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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? >

lera olaf scholz according to him, calls to give western tanks to kiev are pushing germany into a militaryssue of failed deliveries of german leopards is being actively discussed and the press will not solve the details of anton tanks the outcome of the confrontation, if they go into service with the ukrainians, then the swiss newspaper is whining too late, the zürcher saitung, writes that olaf scholz is simply playing 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,

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

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

democratic party, rolf münch, rejected the criticism of some colleagues against the chancellor, olaf scholz calls give kiev western tanks are pushing germany to a military conflict, the issue of failed deliveries of german leopards is actively discussed by the press with the details of anton dadyn. the leopard tanks will not decide the outcome of the confrontation, and if they go into service with the ukrainians, then the swiss newspaper whines, the zürcher saitung, writes that olaf scholz is simply playing for time, the leopard tanks will arrive, too late and in too small numbers to decide the outcome of the confrontation ukraine needs more western offensive weapons this spring in order to rebuff the russian military, on the front pages of most german media today headlines condemning the chancellor, frankfurter, algimal collet, writes that germany did kiev a disservice and brought the defeat of ukraine closer, criticism fell upon scholz and from the pages of spiegel. why the chancellor hesitates he postpones the inevitable germany becomes isolated she alienates her partners and will pay de

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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

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

german chancellor olaf scholz wants to continue direct negotiations with putin, according to the chancellor that the russian president should withdraw troops from ukraine and propose this would be a terrible senseless war. schulz emphasized that although his phone conversations with putin were not harsh, he repeatedly made it clear to the kremlin leader that the annexation of ukrainian territory is unacceptable, us president joe biden called the parents of the deceased tyra nichols to comfort them, because he himself knows what it is like to lose loved ones. in 1972, he lost his first wife and daughter in a car accident, and in in 2015, he buried his first-born son, bobaiden, who died at the age of 46 from brain cancer, and nicholas died on january 7 in a memphis hospital after being beaten by the police . the published video from the chest cameras of the cops shook the wave of protests. nicholas became the new face of the black movement for racial justice, which caused the murder of george floyd in 2020 at the hands of the police in minernapolis it 's horrible when he started begging mom m

please tell me why olaf scholz is so adamant about the supply of leopards. because certain meetings havey taken place. i know that the chancellor has already held meetings with ukrainian politicians and , according to my information, they were quite effective. and as for shultz himself, it is clear that shultz is now continuing to play a game when it is necessary to ensure all the er interests that he thinks he should ensure, this also applies to those insignificant russian interests that remain on the territory of germany, we will now listen to angela, the president of poland, because i read the information, the comment did not give me the opportunity to listen, let's listen 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 we really hope that directly germany, the tank manufacturer itself, will also take part in this. well, i think. well, please , you can react to the comment, because dude, germany has already announced that, rather,

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

and we've heard from the chancellor olaf scholz. he was very clear germany remains firm in its support for ukraine. take a listen. >> translator: we have constantly expanded our supply with very effective weapons that are already available today. and we have always closely coordinated all these decisions with all our important allies and friends. with france, for example, with the usa, for example, with other countries in europe, and of course with all those who are involved in this discussion. >> britain has already announced it'll be fulfilling transferring tanks to ukraine. france has also said it's assessing currently whether this could lead to an escalation, and that is the concern of course because nato and eu members have for the most part been engaged in supporting ukraine on this defensive front. but there are concerns the potential support offered on the offensive front could potentially lead to a further escalation. rosemary? >>> and still stoocome searching for answers after a mass shooting in monterey park, california.

weary of moscow, chancellor olaf scholz was keen for the us to send some of its mighty abrams tanks tond as if on pre—agreed cue, president biden promised 31 vehicles for kyiv. putin expected europe and the united states to weaken our resolve. he expected our support for ukraine to crumble with time. he was wrong. and he was wrong from the beginning and he continues to be wrong. we are united. washington's announcement and berlin's u—turn are a wish come true for ukraine's president, who turned 45 today. translation: the key now is speed and volume. - we have to form a fist of freedom that will not allow tyranny to rise again. these soviet—era tanks are on permanent display in the german capital. while many celebrate olaf 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. i spoke to the assistant director at the atlantic council's eurasia center, andrew d'anieri, and asked him how the tank deliveries would help ukraine's war effort. this is really a signif

ukraine, we will monitor the international reaction and the international attempt to convince olaf scholzeks literally today dmytro kuleba, minister of foreign affairs of ukraine, wrote about the fact that half a step remains, we are at the final stage. this is how he commented on the granting of permission by germany to supply leopard tanks to ukraine. skip it, i traditionally encourage you to subscribe to the pages of radio svoboda in social networks instagram telegram facebook twitter viber and two channels on youtube radio svoboda and radio svoboda ukraine until tomorrow cinema television sports music education free people have a choice choose what you want on megogo

perhaps even in defense, because the polish leader is clear about what olaf scholz is insisting on.think, how long can germany hold out? this conditional defense yes or no because we already have certain news from rammstein and the story that the newly appointed minister of defense of germany said that his country will allocate e-e aid to ukraine for a billion more than a billion euros military aid in the spring we don't know what it is yet, but can we be happy that it will be something significant because the amount is large and does it mean that poland and its partners have put so much pressure on the power of germany i think you know the answer will not be simple, that is, the partners pressured the german so that germany is on the right path, she changed this path, her vision vector february 24, and here is the credit of everyone, by the way, there and listened to the ukrainian authorities of the president, look how many times mr. zelensky talked in scholzem yes, but you know, this is precisely the question of several layers, that is, there is ukrainian rhetoric, but the work do

germany's chancellor, olaf scholz, is facing growing domestic and international pressure to allow german—built paris to meet president macron, mr scholz said his country would not slacken its support for ukraine as it fights off the russian invasion. despite heavy fighting continuing in eastern ukraine, some civilians continue to return to towns close to the frontline, against the advice of local authorities. lyman, in the donbas region, was occupied by russian forces last year. 13,000 people are living there in dangerous circumstances. andrew harding reports. in the ruins of liberated territory here in the donbas, a small town called lyman. it's three months now since the russians were pushed out of here. but they're still close. ukrainian fighterjets, on their way to bomb the front lines 20 kilometres away. only this morning, another russian missile crashed into this apartment block. 73—year—old alexander lives here all alone now, looking after eight abandoned cats. i live seven, the rocket hit five. so you live on seven, the rocket hit the fifth floor? yes. and you're 0k? i'm 0k. that resil

while many celebrate olaf scholz�*s decisions on tanks, others, including voices in his own party, warneatening lives beyond ukraine. catch you and there, bbc news, berlin. katya adler, bbc news, berlin. our russia editor, steve rosenberg, has this update from moscow. i don't think they were expecting them. mixed signals, i have to say, from russia today. on the one hand, the kremlin was trying to downplay the significance of western battle tanks going to ukraine — the kremlin spokesman saying, "you know what? "don't overestimate the potential that these tanks could add "to the ukrainian army. "they will burn, this plan will fail." and also, russian tv news bulletins today were showing various charts and diagrams of the us abrams tank, highlighting alleged vulnerabilities and technical problems. in other words, the message — nothing to worry about. but on the other hand, other russian officials were saying, no, these tank deliveries are extremely dangerous. they were talking of a new level of confrontation, and to go with that, a new level of anti—western rhetoric. i'm joined now by and

a lot of people also criticised olaf scholz for being reticent.g the polls in this idea of weighing things up and taking his time is a way of pacifying people and saying, we are in control, not rushing and not doing anything that would exacerbate the situation and lead to an escalation. the difficulty is, he does not really have the country on his side. he does not have the government on his side. his government on his side. his government coalition partners greens and the liberals cannot support position and does not have many people his centreleft democratic party as a hard—core within the party as a hard—core within the party to support the six position and other people viewing him as reticent and other people criticising forgiving weapons at all. so he was receiving a lot of chris's here in germany notjust abroad. chris's here in germany not 'ust abroad. , ., ., , chris's here in germany not 'ust abroad. ., ., , ., ~' , abroad. given all of this how likely will it be for— abroad. given all of this how likely will it be for germany _ abroad. gi

reports suggest olaf scholz will give the go—ahead to send 1a tanks, paving the way for poland german—madests say this could be a game changerfor ukraine in its efforts to repel russian troops from its territory. sofia bettiza has the latest. he has been hesitant for days, but now, after mounting pressure, the german chancellor appears to have finally given the green light. according to german media, he will send at least 1a leopard tanks to kyiv. these are world—class weapons stock produced in germany, they are widely seen as the best fit for ukraine. at least 16 european nato countries have them, but until now, they weren't allowed to export them because germany had to give permission. something that caused some frustration. the polish prime minister accused germany of acting in a way that was difficult to understand. in particular, germany. they have 350 leopard tanks operational and 200 tanks in storage. why to keep them in storage? poland and the free world cannot afford not to send leopard tanks are not to send modern weapon to ukraine. in tanks are not to send modern weapon to ukrai

germany's leader, olaf scholz, has long been hesitant.g between a reliance on russia for his country's energy needs, with pressure from within, and neighbouring countries, to give ukraine the boost it needs. in the end, it was likely this helped. president biden announced that the us will also send tanks. putin expected europe and the united states to weaken our resolve. he expected our support for ukraine to crumble with time. he was wrong. his key aim — to keep ukraine well stocked, but also nato and the west united against russian aggression. this war is evolving and nato allies have constantly assessed what type of support they should provide. president putin made a big mistake when he invaded ukraine, because he totally underestimated the ukrainians. but he also made a big mistake because, of course, he totally underestimated nato and nato allies and our unity, our resolve, to stand by ukraine, to support ukraine with an unprecedented level of military support. but despite enduring almost a year of this, the kit deemed so essential t

reports from germany say the chancellor, olaf scholz, is expected to confirm it's allowing leopard 2 tanks to be sent to the front line in ukraine. the families of two british aid workers confirm they were killed in eastern ukraine while attempting to rescue people. hundreds of amazon workers in the uk walk out for the first time in a dispute over pay. rishi sunak prepares to face mps for prime minister's questions amid the continuing row over conservative party chairman nadim zahawi. and a new study reveals how human communication may have evolved from the hand and body gestures of chimpanzees. germany and the united states are reportedly ready to send tanks to ukraine, in what kyiv hopes will be a game—changer in the war. at least 1a leopard 2 tanks could be provided by germany, following months of debate. the united states reportedly plans to supply at least 30 m1 abrams tanks. it's claimed german officials privately insisted they would only send tanks if the us did too. ukrainian officials say they urgently need heavier weapons. britain is providing challenger two tanks. poland w

i just want to remind that in fact, as long as the western allies were persuading olaf scholz to givefor the re-export of leopards to ukraine and foreign media wrote that even macron was ready , french president macron was ready to offer scholz such a scenario that france transfers a certain number of leclerc tanks to ukraine and thus encourages olaf scholz to sign a permit for the export and re-export of leopards, well, but as we see , such a scenario did not happen because joe biden announced for the first time in the first that the usa was transferring abrams to ukraine but but the leclercs are still hanging in the air and maybe there will be some final decision from france, we will follow this topic. well, by the way, i encourage you to subscribe to the pages of radio svoboda in social networks instagram telegram facebook twitter viber and two channels on youtube radio svoboda and radio svoboda ukraine svoboda life will return to the air tomorrow art in the country of war a series of documentaries each of which will tell about one of the ukrainian artists artists who did not leave

, that is, within the government of olaf scholz , the ministers are talking about it, that it is worthing these tanks to ukraine, he should give something , and he said something more about western weapons for ukraine , that they should be given to kyiv. as well as the former commander of nato's joint forces in europe, admiral james tauridis, but at the same time he also emphasized that ukraine also needs combat aircraft, in particular fighters, mr. admiral says that soviet mig-29s can be sent from poland then already give and the americans propose to include in the 10th package of anti-russian sanctions restrictions on the russian nuclear sector this was reported by the reuters agency with reference to the diplomats of both countries, in addition, official warsaw and free also propose to ban the trade in russian diamonds, ban even more russian propaganda media and exclude even more russian banks and the swift system, according to one of the diplomats interviewed by reuters journalists in warsaw and it will be very difficult for vilnius to achieve the unanimity of the european union re

olaf scholz wants to emphasize that he does not want germany to go it alone with supplying ukraine with any kind of new military gear. for a long time, this was interpreted as meaning that germany would act in a european/ countries would need to supply western-produced heavy armed vehicles as well. these would need to be western-produced tanks. now it seems to me that the united states has to take the lead with supplying ukraine with m1 abrams tanks and germany is happy to go along. so this is a confusing political picture that looks like an onion, where you sort of peel it off layer by layer, and we are not sure what is at the center of that political onion that olaf scholz is on this question. >> thank you for joining. >> thank you very much. >> some more stories making headlines around the world. french president emmanuel macron has announced plans to increase his country's defense budget by one third over the next seven years. he made the statement during a visit to an airbase in southwest france. he told military personnel he would ask parliament to approve a budget of 400 million

spiegel was informed by the chancellor, the frg olaf-scholz, however, as you remember , germany was noter tanks to kiev at the time either. major projects in the energy sector fight against terrorism and not only these and other topics were discussed today by the minister of foreign affairs of moscow during the talks in moscow russia and pakistan sergey lavrov receives a colleague for the first time after he took office as foreign minister and buddy's words emphasize moscow is an important partner for the republic pakistan is counting on the development of bilateral cooperation, as well as our country sergey lavrov said and intends to work on developing contacts, despite to attempts to prevent this by some states regarding the guarantee of the united states that they will not interfere with our energy transactions . they will of course be connected. states literally publicly, without embarrassment , they declare quite arrogantly to everyone. that it is impossible to deal with russia, and there were threats against china as well. recently, as you know, regarding india turkey egypt yes, t

it is a blow to olaf scholz's government.s debate whether to supply ukraine with tank survivorship. in the united kingdom, teachers may joined hundreds of thousands of employees who may go on strike. they will announce the results of a strike vote later today. the house of commons will debate anti-strike legislation. global news 24 hours a day, on air and at bloomberg quicktake, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. participants in the world economic forum'annuals--world economic forum's annual meeting are gathering in davos. blackrock struck a cautious tone as central banks work to bring inflation under control. he spoke exclusively to francine lacqua. >> very much so. i think inflation is going to drop very quickly. i believe many of us will be surprised how quickly it will fall. the problem is it will fall very quickly and then it will get very difficult to get inflation back to price stability. but at the moment i think the initial phase will be a rapid decline in inflation. franci

heard specifically from the german chancellor olaf scholz this week from the interview is close of that we had. but it is still remaining to be seen whether it plays out. one of the advantages that europe has at the moment is that receding fear over the energy crisis given that we have an unseasonably warm winter. maybe potentially a recession could be avoided, but it's too far in the future to see its four ecb officials. i think that's weber having this debate. ultimately, it is how do you balance still elevated inflation with building growth risks on the horizon? tom: let's look back to the comments from lael brainard. when you read the details around the labor market and suggesting that maybe you can engineer a soft landing and this environment where the labor market doesn't have to break to get back towards that 2% target. how do you pull that in and tie that into the data we have been seeing whether retail sales, producer prices or the earnings front and get a clear assessment of what the trajectory as for the u.s. economy? christine: it's interesting. i seen a lot of commentary th

, another battery of patriot anti-aircraft missile systems. conversations between joe biden and olaf scholzhowever, if the american leader personally gave some explanations afterwards, the german chancellor did not speak publicly, which, according to a number of experts, is a reason for reflection, but was it the german authorities’ own will, but still negotiations between berlin and london at the level of foreign ministers took place. according to the results , the issues of transferring tanks to the kiev regime are being worked out. well, in the meantime, millions of orthodox are celebrating christmas eve today, it is one of the most important church holidays of the nativity of christ throughout the country since the very morning, church services are traditionally decorated with fir branches and flowers, and they are also building a nativity scene. it symbolizes the cave in which, according to the bible, a baby was born. jesus priests are dressed in snow-white clothes. the believers end the forty-day fast, it is the second under the duration. after the great, after the first star, it is c

coming up, we will hear german chancellor olaf scholz, exclusively with john in berlin.e will have a conversation next. this is bloomberg. ♪ dani: olaf scholz has offered reassurance that europe's largest economy will avoid a recession, despite facing an energy crop. the german chancellor sat down exclusively with bloomberg's editor-in-chief, john in berlin. olaf: i am absolutely convinced that this will not happen. and 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