u. s. air basin. ramstein. so nina, did the german defense minister, elaborate why there's been no decision yet on sending those leopard tanks to ukraine? well, if you've been calling the public debate, the picture seems to be clear. germany needs to give its green light straight away now and needs to deliver leopard twos themselves. but forrest historians said that essentially the picture is not that clear. when you talk to allies, he said there are good reasons for delivering those battle tangs from germany. german made leopard to tanks, but there are also reasons against and he argued that that is something that needs to be carefully deliberated. now he said it was wrong to say that germany was alone . there are some 50 countries around the table here at ramstein, and they are discussing this very issue constantly he said, and he's also tasked his own ministry to do an inventory essentially. so that once the decision has been made and that decision lies with the german chancellor, with all of shows, ultimate

u. s. air basin, ramstein. so nina, we heard the german defense minister speaking earlier today. and he said that there were good reasons for hesitating to send ukraine. the battle hangs those leopard to tanks. he said no decision hadn't been made yet. but did he explain what those reasons are for hesitating for waiting for as victorious said that there are good reasons to deliver the combat tanks of the leper to ty, but there are also good reasons not to do so. and he said that the picture is not that clear amongst allies. he said the impression that many people gotten that the media are also a perpetrated that so germany was isolated on that issue was completely wrong. and that there are a couple of allies who have their doubts and who really want to make sure that they've discussed all the potential implications of such a delivery before it's such a decision can be made. now of course, there are several factors that play a part here. one, boys, historians can't decide that issue. he can't make that decision himself. that is a decision that the german chancellor has to make. th