Justin Trudeau claims Canadian government isn’t ready to hand over tanks yet, but it does everything for Ukraine to win

This is reported by Global News.

"We’ll look at all the requests from Ukraine but we’re not there yet, for the Leopard 2 tanks. But we’re here to provide Ukraine what it needs so they can beat Russia," Trudeau said.

Earlier on Monday, advisor to the office of the President of Ukraine Mykhailo Podolyak said in an interview with The Globe and Mail that Kyiv will ask Ottawa to provide its own Leopard 2 tanks and is "optimistic" about Germany's position on this issue.

The re-export of the Leopard 2 requires the approval of the German government, as it is Germany that manufactures this battle tank. Because of this, other countries that have purchased these tanks cannot send them to Ukraine without the permission of Berlin.

• On January 11, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with the leaders of Poland and Lithuania Andrzej Duda and Gitanas Nausėda in Lviv. Duda said that Ukraine would receive a company of Leopard tanks as part of an international coalition.

• Finland may transfer Leopard tanks to Ukraine if other countries do it first and a corresponding project to help Ukraine at the European level is launched.

• On January 13, the German government said that it had not received official requests from other countries to supply Leopard tanks to Ukraine.

• However, according to Bloomberg, under pressure from other European countries, Germany is likely to decide this week to provide Ukraine with Leopard battle tanks.