far from all countries, the owners of this offensive weapon are ready, german defense minister pistorius berlin says he does not want to share responsibility alone, ideally it would be distributed among everyone. who has tanks and who doesn't. and of course, do not forget to add the united states to this list. i consider it important to note that towards the rammstein base , not everyone was of the same opinion , there were those who have leopard tanks, and those who want to act there were fewer who does not have tanks, but who has his own opinion, in no case can it be said that the picture was homogeneous, the ability to get out of the post, the minister. some german defense analysts rated positively the story with i think i ended up in a situation that can be compared to swimming in icy water, but it seems that he is a good swimmer, however, they don’t forget to discuss me with a single head of the eu foreign ministers. the tenth package of sanctions against russia, the hungarians are again against, as for the sanctions there , they are leading europe to a dead end from the point from the per

nato secretary generaljens stoltenberg has met germany's new defence minister boris pistorius in berlinas germany remains under pressure over the supply of tanks to ukraine. after the meeting they told journalists that they'd discussed the issue of battle tanks, but a decision still hasn't been made. according to export rules the german government has to grant permission for any german—made tanks to be exported, even if they are owned by other countries. poland has now sent an official request, and germany has acknowledged its receipt. this is what the nato secretary general had to say. consultations amongst our allies will continue and i'm confident we will continue and i'm confident we will have a solution soon. germany -la s a will have a solution soon. germany plays a key — will have a solution soon. germany plays a key role — will have a solution soon. germany plays a key role in _ will have a solution soon. germany plays a key role in our— will have a solution soon. germany plays a key role in our alliance. - plays a key role in our alliance. the assistance announced by olaf schol

the nato secretary general has met germany's new defence minister boris pistorius in berlin, as germanys to ukraine. after the meeting they said they'd discussed the issue of battle tanks, but a decision still hasn't been made. according to export rules, germany has to give permission for any german—made tanks to be exported, even if they're owned by other countries. poland has now sent an official request, and germany has acknowledged it. poland's prime minister mateusz morawiecki, spoke to the bbc. she started by asking him if germany had replied to paul and's requested to export the leopard to tanks. we have to export the leopard to tanks. 5 have requested to be approval from germany to send the tanks. we are in the process of also building a coalition of willing countries, countries willing to support ukraine at this juncture in this very critical moment of time. this is a very serious matter because, as we remember, a couple of months ago, the kremlin or dirt conscript processes to start and now the soldiers are being trained —— the kremlin ordered. with the aim to attack ukraine f

to ukraine, but it will not happen tomorrow, for example , german defense minister boris pistorius said that berlin will hand over from kyiv leopards until the end of march. if we talk about the number of tanks that kyiv hopes to receive, then, so to speak , ukraine will receive up to 140 tanks . updated in the first wave of contributions, the armed forces of ukraine receive from 120 to 140 units of modern tanks of western models , these are leopard-2 challenger, two m1 abrams, and we are very much counting on the stork whether the western tanks will make it to the next russian offensive and how they are able to turn the tide of the war, that's what we're talking about let's talk now, the chief editor of the defense express military portal, oleg katko, olezhe, joins the broadcast . my greetings. good day. thank you for the invitation. thank you for joining. calculated that officially the west will transfer, including the usa , is going to transfer to ukraine 321 tanks tanks - this is definitely an advantage for the ukrainian army but now it looks like the transfer may take months without tanks, or

it comes as the nato secretary general met germany's new defence minister, boris pistorius, in berline meeting, the two men said they'd discussed the issue of battle tanks, but a decision on whether to send them still hadn't been made. according to its rules, germany has to give permission for any german—made tanks to be exported, even if they're owned by other countries. poland has now sent an official request for the tanks. earlier, my colleague kasia madera spoke to poland's prime minister, matayush morawiecki, who said they're now building a coalition of countries willing to support ukraine at this critical juncture. you're saying that the germans are delaying, they're dodging. if you do not get the decision that you want, if they do not approve the sending of these tanks, what kind of deadline are you giving them and will you just go it alone? we deadline are you giving them and will you just go it alone?- will you 'ust go it alone? we will do this will you just go it alone? we will do this no _ will you just go it alone? we will do this no matter _ will you just go it alone? we

defense minister shalova to osyn met with the new german defense minister boris pistorius to obtain permission from berlin for the transfer of german-made tanks to ukraine. this was reported by reuters from with reference to own sources in the american government, at the same time german chancellor offsholtz, while at the davol forum, said that berlin would supply heavy tanks to ukraine if the us also the tanks have arrived, well, this is the hp agency, congressman democrat gregory meeks told the day before that the deputy secretary of defense of the united states kolen kal , after his visit to kyiv, announced at a press conference in the pentagon that in the new package of aid to ukraine, the priority will be air defense equipment and bradley infantry vehicles, however, in response to a question about the possibility of transferring tanks abrams collins kal said that the us ministry of defense is weighing the pros and cons at the press conference the correspondent of the voice of america karla bab deputy minister kurin-kou said that the pentagon is focused on what he called the next stage of the battle f

meanwhile, the leader of the nato alliance has been meeting germany's new defence minister boris pistorius in berlin new helicopters, ships, tanks and ammunition. let's remind ourselves of why these leopard two tanks are so important. the model was developed in 1979 but has been upgraded many times since then. it's now known as "the world's leading battle tank". there are believed to be more than 2,000 leopard tanks worldwide. and the ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky has said around 300 would help ensure a russian defeat. norbert rottgen is an mp from germany's main opposition party the cdu. here's what he told us earlier. this is a position of the chancellor, but he doesn't even have the backing of his own government. two government parties are objecting him in this, but he is resisting and blockading the delivery of weapons, particularly of leopard ii tanks, for months now. i think now the international pressure is mounting and getting increasingly higher, then he will be forced to change course, but he's lost a lot of worthwhile time. let's speak to our berlin correspondent damian mcguinnes

pistorius has hosted his u.s. counterpart lloyd austin in berlin for talks on ukraine.heir meeting comes at of nato consultations on friday, at which countries are expected to make critical decisions about further what terry aid to kyiv. -- about further military aid to kyiv. reporter: a busy first day in office. shortly after getting his certificate of appointment, boris pistorius met his u.s. counterpart lloyd austin. both of them signaled their unified stance. >> i would like to thank the german government for all it has done to strengthen ukraine's self-defense and your contributions and training for ukraine's defenders have been invaluable. >> as so often in history, the federal republic of germany and the united states of america stands side-by-side in their approach, but also on the concrete issues. be it the infantry fighting vehicles, the patriot air defense system, or the multiple rocket launchers. reporter: but for many in germany and further afield, one thing is missing -- battle tanks for ukraine. something that beneath the show of unity, is turning into a

pistorius, has denied that his county is isolated within nato as it continues to resist sending battle tanks to ukraine. he was speaking during a press conference with the nato secretary general, jens stoltenberg, in berlin so, what is the latest? obviously this is a conversation, a row that has been going on for some time and still germany are not saying yes to the deployment of the pistorius tanks. they are not saying yes or no, that is the criticism, that the german chancellor is being unclear —— the leopard ii tanks. what german chancellor is being unclear -- the leopard ii tanks.— german chancellor is being unclear -- the leopard ii tanks. what we saw from the german _ -- the leopard ii tanks. what we saw from the german defence _ -- the leopard ii tanks. what we saw from the german defence minister, l from the german defence minister, boris pistorius, is that he is keen to signal germany is moving forward, and he said as you mentioned that nato allies should start training their troops on leopard ii tanks and he appeared, and many other german politicians also appear to say that they would not block other countries sending their own german—made tanks to ukraine but so far the german chancellor and

german defense ministry boris pistorius after a conversation with nato secretary general jens stolder-stonderg that berlindecision on the transfer of leopard tanks to ukraine at the moment there is no new information the situation has not changed the minister said we are preparing a decision which will be very soon as i said rammstein i i support our partners if they want to start training ukrainians on these tanks, we will not interfere with this, because we and but i would say that we are preparing our decision, a few days ago, the minister of foreign affairs of the federal republic anna lena berbuk of germany said in an interview with a french television company that the german government will not prevent the supply of german leopard-2 tanks from poland to ukraine. for germany to give permission for the transfer of these leopards to mr. valery, what does this mean in diplomatic language, that is, germany still continues to hope that without their direct participation, it means the transfer of tanks from germany to ukraine leopard e-e ukraine can get by and the war with russia can end correctly i unders

american minister of defense loitostin has already arrived in berlin met with the newly appointed german minister of defense boris pistorius, however , at a joint press conference, they did not say whether it was possible to agree on the supply of german leopard 2 tanks to ukraine , poland and finland declared their readiness to transfer them, however, for this, germany's permission is required from germany, as a country of manufacture, it is not yet available and according to the report, he is ready to give a green light to this only when the united states agrees to give ukraine american tanks, abrams actually hinted at something about this on the forum in davos, giving ukraine western tanks in sufficient quantity are considered the key for ukraine to defeat russia or at least to protect itself from a possible great russian counteroffensive in the spring of this year. we hear how the question of providing tanks has been heard for more than a week. there were hopes since great britain sent its tanks, or rather said that it would do what the germans would say, let's give them too we will send it, but it seems that germany i

and as the head of the german defense ministry, boris pistorius, said after a conversation with nato secretary general jens stolder-stonderg that berlin made a decision on the transfer of leopard tanks to ukraine at the moment there is no new information, the situation has not changed, the minister said, we are preparing a decision that will be very soon, as i told rammstein, i support our partners if they want to start training ukrainians on these tanks, we do not interfere because it is, but i would say that we are preparing our decision a few days ago, the minister of foreign affairs of the federal republic of germany, anna lena berbuk, in an interview with a french television company, said that the german government will not prevent the supply of german leopard-2 tanks from poland to in ukraine, we know that the poles have announced that they want to supply these tanks and yesterday they already submitted an official request to germany for germany to give permission for the transfer of these leopards to valery, what does this mean in diplomatic language, that is, germany after all continues to hope that without their direct partic

the head of the pentagon catches austin during his visit to berlin, he put pressure on the newly minted defense minister to give boré and pistoriusrmission to transfer german tanks to kiev. well, the polish prime minister doesn't seem to need it. we have agreed with our ukrainian friends, as well as with partners in western europe, that we will transfer these tanks together. is there agreement here? secondarily, we will either get this consent quickly, or we will do it ourselves, since at the same time the poles must be ready to dispose of foreign citizens. so lieutenant general waldemarsh shepchak proposed to replenish the ranks of the armed forces to mobilize ukrainian refugees who arrived on the territory of poland, germany and france anna voronina to lead. strikes have begun in paris and other major french cities against pension reform in the capital . thousands of people were taken out into the street for the situation followed by our european correspondent. regina sevastyanova, she goes directly to the facts. regina hello, how large-scale uh, this strike turned out. oh hello, the current black thursday, as they say here, sh

berlin. a big first day for germany's new defense minister. hours after being sworn in, boris pistoriusth u.s. defense secretary lloyd austin. top of the agenda, german battle tanks for ukraine. also on the program, after alec baldwin is facing charges of involuntary manslaughter over the fatal shooting of a crewmember on a film set. he could face jail time.

appointment of a new head of the ministry of boris pistorius in the context of these personnel changes. what do you think, will the military vector of berlinchange, what place will be on the agenda in ukraine? defense of the german sub-state, this position will not change due to the fact that it is coordinated through the chancellor's office and not through microdefense, of course the minister of defense plays a certain role, in particular, he is made key in matters of relations between the defense industry and the government, and so on, the organization of this supply, he belongs the so-called federal security council is sorry today, however , the law always remains the last word. by the way, this was a problem in the matter of arms transfers to ukraine, and we will also have to face this tree and it is bad for history that in general, i created this, i am not jealous of the question of what industry he was interested in, because he did not get it , because it is related to the spending of billions of reading the special fund of procedures for the purchase of weapons, etc. and so on, i also came across another sociological study. they say

berlin. the decision falls to germany's new defence minister boris pistorius, who replaces christine lambrechtfence minister had this message for his german counterpart. all of this currently relies on the german government's decisions, not only whether the germans will supply their own leopards but whether or not they'll give permissions for others. i would urge my german colleagues to do that. these tanks are not offensive when they are used for defensive methods. for ukraine to tip the scales on the battlefield, analysts say the number of tanks supplied is important. here's the war studies professor mike martin. if you're talking specifically about numbers of tanks, . i would say at least 100 or 120. but of course, it's not just tanks, because the way you arrange - land forces is you have tanks and armoured infantry- and artillery and air cover and all the rest of it. - so the tanks form the centrepiece, if you like, of the offensive force, i and then arranged around that is a wider package i of different capabilities. so as well as tanks, ukraine needs an array of other military equipment,

pistorius, under the document. no, according to cnn, to achieve the consent of official berlin during his visit, austin has not yet nister boris pistorius does not see the supply of american abrams tanks to ukraine as a condition for the possibility of sending german combat vehicles to the question. will germany supply tanks without the participation of the us history with answered that chancellor scholz discussed this issue with us president joe biden? i am almost certain that we will make such a decision in the next few days. i can't tell you today how it will look like the reported story. the final decision is up to scholz zelensky in an interview with the german tv channel ard not balanced gets personal pokes the chancellor, chancellor schultz gave a very good package of support for ukraine support for our army and i am very grateful thanks for the strong package of the united states to the president of the congress poem, well, to all parliamentarians and germany to be honest america but it seems to me that this is a student of something, what now sounds is incorrect in relation to. ah. that's not possible, ple

reporter: boris pistorius has been in office less than one week but he has never been out of the headlines. berlin'secision to send 14 german-made leopard tanks to ukraine is welcome news to kyiv. but he acknowledges it comes at the expense of germany's chronically underequipped armed forces. >> the arms deliveries to ukraine are possibly going to tear holes in places where we already have deficits but we have to make decisions. we can hardly tell ukraine we are not going to keep helping. reporter: the defense minister said he would have talks to discuss how the gaps can be filled as quickly as possible. >> if we need to increase production in germany and europe to fill these gaps, than that is what we should do. reporter: there are concerns about how long it might take to replace the leopard tanks promised to ukraine. it is not only german armida to fear being left without the equipment. the german public is also divided about the move to supply the tanks. >> i am a pacifist. i do think ukraine deserves help, that it should be supported. but i think battle tanks are the wrong way to go. more effort

no, according to cnn, to obtain the consent of official berlin during his visit to austin, until the new german defense minister boris pistoriuss tanks to ukraine as a condition for the possibility of sending german combat vehicles to the question. will germany supply tanks without the participation of the us history with answered that chancellor scholz discussed this issue with us president joe biden? i i'm pretty sure we'll make that decision in the next few days. i can't tell you today how it will look like the reported story. the final decision is up to scholz zelensky in an interview with the german tv channel ard unbalanced gets personal pokes the chancellor chancellor schultz boomer schultz provided very good support to the ukrainian army and i am grateful for the strong us package to president biden congress and all parliamentarians and germany and america i think what he said , it is problematic to do so in relation to to people. wrong. it's not good to say. i will give you as much as you, if america does something, i will do it, but this is not a question between germany and america, this is not a competition of ambi

berlin. it's a blunt question. do you think ukraine has a germany problem right now, in a wider sense, not just about tanks? but you have a germany problem, because chancellor scholz, defence minister pistoriuslarly in the spd, part of the government, they have close, long ties with russia. they have established friendships in russia. and that may be a problem for ukraine. compared to germany we had to deal with prior to 2a february 2022, no, we do not have a problem with germany now. and when you see that the new defence minister, appointed by chancellor scholz, opposed some of the sanctions on russia as recently as 2018 because he said they simply weren't working — and that, of course, is long after the invasion of crimea and parts of eastern ukraine — you still think that you have friends in berlin, do you? that brings me back to my previous answer. i know germany we had to work with before the large scale invasion, germany that was not willing to provide ukraine with any weapons, germany that was drowning in the normandy talks, trying to accommodate some of russian concerns, germany in which many politicians and representatives of the political elite campaign openly against sanctions. th

pistorius, declares that vehicles will appear at the front only after 3 months. what effect it will have in ukraine is still a big question, but the fact that germany has surrendered about berlin'sssions writes the belgian newspaper standard, the british curtain and the financial times are delighted with the dismissal of the tanks. but the spanish edition of lavender warns that europe may face another dangerous escalation, moreover, after the tanks in the west they started talking about the planes of the deputy minister of foreign affairs, the former went to ukraine in germany. the miller, who called the schultz liver sausage, is already demanding submarines and fighters of all kinds. hallelujah jesus christ and now dear allies. let's create a strong coalition of fighters for ukraine with r16 f-35 eurofighter tornado rafael flu. and everything that you can supply to ukraine but even the hawks in the bundestag, in the airspace of ukraine, are not yet in a hurry to explain the difference between the sky and the field between them is a qualitative difference, if the tank breaks down, it stops the plane falls down, and gaining air superiority is unlikely to reject the possibility of

pistorius, declares that vehicles will appear at the front only after 3 months. what effect it will have in ukraine is still a big question, but the fact that germany has surrendered about concessions to berlinnewspaper standard, the british garden and financial. the times of tank rejection is ecstatic. and here the spanish lavanguarde warns that europe could face another dangerous escalation. moreover, america also decided to send its tanks. today i declare that the united states will send ukraine 31 tanks, one abrams, which is equivalent to one ukrainian battalion, the head of the ministry of defense recommended this step on the mandatory sending of abrams along with leopards, olaffchs insisted in a conversation with biden, but it seems as a result, the chancellor himself was pushed through by american tanks. and it will not appear in ukraine very soon, first in battles test the germans as a whole, my forecast is leopards, we will see the battle monopoly in 2-3 months, but abrams will most likely appear there much later, according to my estimate, it will be possible to organize crew training and form units and ensure stable maintenance of vehicles only after 6-8 for months, the pentagon wa

pistorius, declares that vehicles will appear at the front only after 3 months. what effect they will have in ukraine is still a big question, but it’s already a fact that germany surrendered to berlin'sish garden and finational times renunciation of the tanks enthusiastically. but the spanish edition of the avant-garde warns that europe may face another dangerous escalation. moreover, america also decided to send its own tanks. today i declare that the united states will send ukraine 31 tanks , one abrams, which is equivalent to one ukrainian battalion, the head of the ministry of defense recommended with pleasure this step on the mandatory sending of abrams along with leopards. very much in conversation. not soon first, the germans will test in battles in general, my forecast will see the leo monopole attack in 2-3 months, but abrams will most likely appear there much later . -8 months against the supply of abramians to ukraine , the pentagon openly affected, they say, too heavy and expensive and capricious to maintain. and maybe they are not capable of much in such a climate, judging by these shots from the training ground, when the american tank was unable to climb the snow-covere

berlin and did not achieve ledges. the new head of the german military department. boris pistoriusne with leopard tanks. and this is what the ant answered him. we won't stand by and watch ukraine bleed to death if we don't get german consent by the palaeopard. we will create a smaller coalition of countries willing to donate some of their modern tanks to the warring ukraine at the same time foreign minister, germany anna lena behrbak to a question from a journalist french journalists about leopart tanks replied that he was in the process of discussing with all partners of germany and made it clear that if warsaw directly asks for the transfer of its german tanks to ukraine, then berlin will not interfere. yes, in ukraine, another seizure of the temple of the canonical ukrainian orthodox church, this time schismatics, with the support of armed people, broke into the temple in the village of tarasov near kiev , according to local residents, the locks on the doors broke the guard, beaten and put him on the perimeter of people in military uniforms, the entrance for the abbots and paris

year of pistorius - this is a quote, absolutely, i understand but the german defense enterprises with the strategist disagree and consider that the transfer and gulyopards is fraught for berlin. american designs will immediately be occupied in germany, one of the countries least of all supporting ukraine and their policies for beyond my understanding. i do not understand why they do not want to cross the road to their economic partner russia and therefore, in fact, they are holding us hostage. a specially narrowed american adviser to the commander-in-chief condemns berlin for not wanting to arm the ukrainian nazis. no links it to germany's own nazi past. a post- nazi aversion to war and a commitment to promoting peace through engagement is combined with old ties to russia and a deep aversion to war foliage. opinion poll show that half of the germans do not want to send tanks, such reluctance of the germans can be explained in one word, history, - said the representative of the american council for germany, stephen sokol, the germans want to be seen as partners. they are the aggressor. they are very sensitive to the supply of weapons to the regions where germany was at one ti