Germany may make decision on supplying tanks to Ukraine within next few days

The German minister said this in an interview with the ARD channel, Spiegel quotes.

“I am almost certain that we will receive a decision on this within the next few days. I cannot tell you today what it will look like,” Boris Pistorius said.

He also noted that the supply of German-made tanks to Ukraine doesn't depend on a similar step by the US to send its M1 Abrams tanks.

“I don't know anything about such a connection,” he said in response to a question whether the supply of American Abrams main battle tanks to Ukraine is a condition for a possible shipment of German tanks.

Pistorius added that Chancellor Olaf Scholz discussed the issue of Germany's supply of tanks without the US and President Joe Biden.

• Poland is ready to provide Ukraine with 14 Leopard tanks and hopes that other NATO countries will follow its example and manage to assemble at least an armored brigade.

• Germany can make a decision on the transfer of Leopards to Ukraine already this week.

• Finland stated that it can transfer tanks to Ukraine if other countries do it first and a corresponding project of assistance to Ukraine is launched at the European level. On January 17, the country confirmed its readiness to participate in a coalition of states that will transfer tanks to Ukraine.

• On January 19, the Minister of Defense of Lithuania announced the transfer to Ukraine of "hundreds" of Leopard tanks from several countries.