A meeting of Ukraine’s allies ends with no consensus on sending Kyiv more Western tanks.

Posted on AllSides January 20th, 2023
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Western defense officials on Friday failed to reach an agreement on exporting German- or American-made battle tanks to Ukraine, setting back Ukraine’s hopes of quickly getting weapons it sees as crucial to its defense against an expected new Russian offensive.

At the end of the U.S.-led meeting of Ukraine’s allies at Ramstein Air Base in Germany, the U.S. defense secretary, Lloyd J. Austin III, told reporters that Germany had not yet decided whether to allow its Leopard 2 tanks to be sent to Ukraine. Washington has been reluctant to send...

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