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Russia scorns Germany for sending Leopard battle tanks to Ukraine

Germany’s move to deliver Leopard 2s to Kyiv will lead to ‘permanent escalation’, says Russian embassy in Berlin.

Al Jazeera

Germany to send battle tanks to Ukraine, angering Russia

Berlin says it will send Leopard 2 tanks and allow re-exports from other nations, prompting fury in the Kremlin.

Al Jazeera

German move marks a real turning point in the war in Ukraine

It took less than a week for Germany to come off the fence to agree to send Leopard2 tanks to Ukraine, as urgently requested by Kyiv. Having asked for time to decide at the Nato pledging conference last week, Chancellor Scholz is set today to announce Berlin will send 14…

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Germany agrees to send its Leopard battle tanks to Ukraine after weeks of pressure

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced Wednesday his country will export more than a dozen of its Leopard 2 battle tanks to Ukraine. The move follows weeks of pressure from western allies.

WEKU

Germany approves tanks for Ukraine

Berlin on Wednesday approved the delivery of powerful German-made Leopard tanks to help Ukraine repel Russia’s invasion, after weeks of pressure from Kyiv and many allies.

Bangkok Post

Germany finally announces tanks for Ukraine after weeks of pressure from Kyiv and Western allies

Berlin has come under intense pressure from both Kyiv and Western allies to allow the use of its Leopard 2 tanks

The Independent UK

Factbox-Tanks for Ukraine: who is lining up to send them to Kyiv?

Germany, the United States and more allies are poised to announce plans to send tanks to Ukraine, officials and sources say, after Britain said it would send its Challenger 2 tanks and Poland pressed Berlin for approval to send German-built tanks.

Reuters

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Ukraine's Zelensky wants long-range missiles and jets from the West

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Wednesday he wanted the West to send long-range missiles and jets to his war-torn country to help repel Russian troops, after the US announced it will send Abrams tanks to Ukraine in a major reversal. Read our live blog to see how all the…

France 24

Germany, US agree to send battle tanks to Ukraine: Reports

Berlin will send Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine and Washington will provide Abrams tanks, according to German and US media.

Al Jazeera

Berlin plans to send German Leopard tanks to Ukraine, according to reports

Germany will send its 2A6 battle tanks in conjunction with other countries such as Finland, Sweden and Poland, say reports citing government sources

The Guardian - UK

Germany ‘to send company of tanks to Ukraine’ after pressure from allies

Berlin and Washington could make announcements on Leopard 2 and Abrams tanks on Wednesday

The Independent UK

Germany Promises Swift Answer on Battle Tanks for Ukraine

Germany on Tuesday said it would decide "shortly" whether to authorize the export of powerful German-made Leopard battle tanks long sought by Kyiv and encouraged allies to start training Ukrainian forces to use them. While Western nations have pledged ever more sophisticated military hardware in recent weeks to help Ukraine…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Navalny supporters put replica cell outside Russian embassy

Supporters of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny have placed a replica of the tiny "punishment cell" he has repeatedly been held in outside Russia’s embassy in Berlin, in an effort to raise awareness of his fate

The Independent UK

Analysis-Failure to communicate? Scholz thinking on tanks for Ukraine perplexes many Germans

"Scholzology" - the art of understanding German Chancellor Olaf Scholz's decisions - is in vogue as critics at home and abroad question his reluctance to supply the German-made battle tanks Ukraine wants to repulse Russian forces.

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Al Jazeera

What’s behind Germany’s hesitance over Leopard 2 battle tanks?

Known to be careful and stubborn, Scholz is reluctant to greenlight tanks, but few understand the chancellor’s motives.

The Guardian - UK

Poland requests German permission to send Leopard tanks to Ukraine

German defence minister says he expects quick response, as application increases pressure on chancellor Olaf Scholz

Bangkok Post

Germany okays tank training for Ukrainians

BERLIN: Germany said on Tuesday that allies could start training Ukrainian forces to use the Leopard battle tanks desperately sought by Kyiv to repel Russian troops, provoking a defiant response from the Kremlin.

Reuters

Germany receives Polish request to give Ukraine tanks, says Poland

Germany has now received Poland's official request to re-export Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine, the Polish defence minister said on Tuesday, as Warsaw cranks up the pressure on Berlin to give its approval.

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The Independent UK

16 objects from Germany tell story of Holocaust in new ways

An exhibition marking the 70th anniversary of Israel’s Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial brings back to Germany a diverse set of everyday objects that Jews took with them when they fled the Nazis

Al Jazeera

Poland increases pressure to send German-made tanks to Ukraine

Poland says it is planning to send German-made battle tanks to Ukraine, but will first seek approval from Berlin.

Reuters

German prosecutors investigate Russia culture body

Berlin public prosecutors said on Monday they had launched a preliminary investigation into Russky Dom, a cultural promotion organisation in Berlin that is part of a Russian government agency subject to European Union sanctions.

The Independent UK

Sean Penn's Ukraine documentary to premiere in Berlin

Sean Penn’s film about the war in Ukraine, “Superpower,” will have its world premier at this year’s Berlin film festival

Reuters

Explainer-How to correctly re-export German tanks

Poland and several other countries have said they want to supply Ukraine with German-made Leopard 2 tanks for its defence against Russia but German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has held back so far from sending them or allowing other NATO countries to do so.

Reuters

Russia's war on Ukraine latest: Poland signals intent to send tanks

Poland will seek Germany's permission to send Leopard tanks to Ukraine and will provide them whether or not Berlin agrees, its prime minister said on Monday.

Reuters

Ukraine, Iran's quests for freedom to dominate Berlin Film Festival

Sean Penn's documentary portrait of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, filmed as Russia invaded Ukraine a year ago, will be among headliners at next month's Berlin Film Festival, where a life achievement award will go to Steven Spielberg.

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