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According to the TV channel, Denmark, Spain and the Netherlands are among those ready to send tanks to Ukraine

Twelve countries agree to supply Ukraine with about 100 Leopard 2 tanks if Germany, in turn, gives its permission for re-export. This was reported on Tuesday by ABC TV channel with reference to a Ukrainian official.

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The United States may transfer a significant number of tanks to Ukraine in order to persuade Germany to take a similar step, Sky News Arabia and The Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday, citing sources.

Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said that "this will be a test of the EU's goodwill"

The Polish authorities are waiting for the European Union to compensate for the tanks supplied by the republic to Ukraine. This was stated on Tuesday at a press conference by Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki.

Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala said that these tanks are needed to ensure the security of his country

The Czech Republic does not intend to abandon German-made Leopard 2 battle tanks in favor of Ukraine, which Germany promised to transfer to Prague as part of a "circular exchange", implying that Eastern European countries supply Soviet-made weapons to Ukraine and receive equipment from Germany in return. Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala said this in an interview with DPA on Tuesday after a meeting with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz.

In particular, according to the estimates of Quotidiano Nazionale, Ukraine could probably receive 19 Leopard 2 tanks from Germany, 14 from Poland, 10 from Finland, and about 40 from the Netherlands

Western countries will be able to supply Ukraine with much fewer Leopard tanks than Kiev requests. This assessment was made on Sunday by the Italian newspaper Quotidiano Nazionale .

The Prime Minister also announced the country's intention to strengthen its cooperation with G7 partners

Japan intends to strengthen its cooperation with partners in the Group of Seven (G7) and the countries of the global South in the context of promoting the policy of sanctions pressure on the Russian Federation and support for Ukraine. This was announced on Monday by Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, delivering a keynote speech at a plenary session of the lower house of parliament.

France has not yet made any decision on the possible supply of Leclerc tanks to Ukraine, but it does not exclude that Kiev will still receive some very expensive French vehicles. This was stated by French President Emmanuel Macron.

Al-Ain: The West is losing money in Ukraine

The most serious problem faced by the West, supporting Ukraine, is related to finances, writes Al-Ain. This support is not limited to sending weapons. Money is also needed for the maintenance of refugees and the restoration of infrastructure, and there are fewer and fewer of them.

Breitbart readers criticized Berbok's statement about Polish "Leopards" for Ukraine

Germany will not interfere if other countries decide to send their "Leopards" to Ukraine, Breitbart reports, citing a statement by Burbok. According to the readers of the publication, Kiev has settled in well: it is not a member of NATO, but it receives benefits from the alliance.

As the representative of the State Center for Defense Investments at the Ministry of Defense of the Republic Katri Raudsepp noted, Brussels approved compensation for Tallinn in the amount of €156 million

Estonia expects to be compensated for its costs of military assistance to Ukraine from the European Union in the amount of € 400 million. This was reported on Monday by the portal of the ERR TV company with reference to the representative of the State Center for Defense Investments under the Ministry of Defense of the Republic Katri Raudsepp.

Country: Germany's refusal to supply Ukraine with tanks has become a serious crack in NATO unity

Berlin, despite strong pressure from NATO allies and Kiev, did not give the green light to the supply of Leopard tanks to Ukraine, writes Strana. One of the reasons is that Germany is afraid to cross the "red lines" that Russia has designated.

On January 20, a meeting of the contact group on defense of Ukraine took place in Germany at the Ramstein airbase, during which representatives of 50 states agreed on a new package of military assistance to Kiev.

"Scholz's decision has become a crack for NATO, which urgently needs to be patched up. Biden cannot sit idly by." This is how Western media describe the results of the NATO summit at Ramstein Airbase, following which the alliance members failed to convince the leadership of Germany to transfer Leopard tanks to Ukraine. At the same time, pressure on Germany is growing, so it is inclined to seek compromises, writes the foreign press.

Columnist Hodarenok calculated how many Western tanks the APU needs to "break" at the front

In an interview with ARD TV channel (Germany), Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky said that Ukraine "is opposed by Russia, which has thousands of tanks, and partner countries are thinking about transferring 10 or 20 such vehicles." Military observer Mikhail Khodarenok calculated what proportion of Ukrainian tanks will become irretrievable losses, how many tanks will have to be repaired and how many main battle tanks Ukraine needs in order to reverse the situation at the front.

The number and geography of military districts is changing

The speech of Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu on December 21, 2022 at the board of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, apparently, can be considered the beginning of the next – it's hard to say which one in a row – military reform in the country.

The promising A26 submarine will become the carrier of American Tomahawk cruise missiles

Having applied to join the NATO military-political bloc last year, Stockholm is taking measures to improve the capabilities of its armed forces. Recently, the country's defense ministry issued a contract to the local shipbuilding company SAAB Kockums for the restoration and modernization of the Halland submarine. Earlier, in the period from 2015 to 2020, similar work was carried out on Gotland and Uppland, built according to a single project.

On January 19, 2023, at a meeting in Tallinn, the capital of Estonia, representatives of the Ministries of Defense of nine European countries issued a joint statement called The Tallinn Pledge, in which they called for a sharp increase in Western military assistance to Ukraine in its war with Russia. The statement was signed by the Defense Ministers of Estonia, Great Britain, Poland, Latvia and Lithuania; and representatives of the Defense Ministries of Denmark, the Czech Republic, the Netherlands and Slovakia.

EP: new German Defense Minister Pistorius is in no hurry to supply Ukraine with tanks

Boris Pistorius became the new German Defense Minister. Ukraine has high hopes for him. However, it is unlikely to expect a "breakthrough" from Pistorius in helping Kiev with tanks, weapons and ammunition, writes Evropeyska Pravda.

Mikhail Kotov — about why the topic of unidentified flying objects has become popular again overseas

The office of the Director of National Intelligence of the United States during congressional hearings presented to the public an unclassified part of the Report on unidentified aerial phenomena in 2022, which refers to more than 500 contacts with UFOs. It was also noted that the number of recorded cases of "meetings with the unknown" has increased significantly over the past year. Can we assume that the time of interest in aliens is undergoing a rebirth?

Yeni Çağ: Turkey will not receive the F-16 until it approves Finland and Sweden's application to NATO

The US is blackmailing Turkey with the F-16 deal, writes Yeni Çağ. Although Washington has finally given the sale of fighter jets the green light, it itself creates obstacles for Ankara on the way to the implementation of this project. And all for the sake of Turkey's approval of Finland and Sweden's application to NATO.