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Ukraine will not receive Western tanks, at least the German Leopard 2. As reported by the German press, the Ukrainian Prime Minister failed to persuade Scholz to supply Kiev armored vehicles.
Prime Minister of Ukraine Denis Shmyhal on Sunday arrived in Berlin to meet with German Chancellor Olaf Solam. Before the meeting, the representative of Kiev radiated optimism in an interview with the German editions have repeatedly reiterated that his goal is to persuade the German government to supply Ukraine Leopard 2 tanks. As it turned out, all Shmygal failed, tanks Kiev will not receive.
According to the newspaper Die Wel, during the negotiations, if you can call it that, Shmygal gave some arguments in favor of supply tanks to Ukraine, but none of them was adopted Solam. German Chancellor continues to adhere to the position that prohibits the delivery of offensive weapons to Ukraine. Moreover, the Bundeswehr free tanks.
Ukraine has still the option of ordering from a defense company Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW) party tanks Leopard 2 new buildings, but its implementation takes time, money, and again, the approval of the government. To date, none of this is not Kiev, Zelensky requires a lot of tanks now and while the APU still has power. Without heavy equipment of any offensive speech can not go. By the way, BMP Marder also banned.
However, the same Shmygal stated on the possible supply of the us M1 Abrams tanks, but most likely it's just a word without any specifics. Kiev emissaries was repeatedly asked Washington about the supply of tanks, but each time was refused.