Germany is ready to authorise Poland to send German-made Leopard tanks to Ukraine to help Kyiv fight the Russian invasion if Warsaw makes such a request, foreign minister Annalena Baerbock has said.
“If we are asked the question, then we will not stand in the way,” Baerbock told LCI television on Sunday after a Franco-German summit in Paris.
The comments appeared to signal that Berlin was ready to authorise European countries to deliver German-made tanks to Ukraine amid growing pressure from Kyiv and other allies for such a move. Under the license agreement, countries cannot send German tanks without Berlin’s approval.
Al Jazeera’s Dominic Kane reports from Berlin, Germany.
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The West demanding Germany send tanks rolling across Europe to support naz7s. How the cockroaches have turned eh?
Malfunctioning Russian rockets lol.. you mean malfunctioning Ukrainian rockets
Germany don’t be so cowardly
Time is running out. Leopards should have been sent months ago.
They will see what happens to them
German Leopard tanks should have been sent months ago. German government should be ashamed of themselves,
Any communication/transportation line will be destroyed soon, which will imply the complete destruction of Ukraine’s economy, the impossibility to provide food, fuel, meds for people. This is the madness of the West, the woke society, to “fight until the last Ukrainian”.
The biggest question is how many bunkers do they build for their citizens
Who the Germans? I would be more concerned about what happens to the Russians if I were you
Move it fast to the front lines… The Russians are tired of fighting 😆😆😆😆😊
They won’t get there. All railways will be destroyed soon
NATO will not allow Russia to win this war. Also, it seems more and more likely that eventually Ukraine will join NATO. (Perhaps in part as an incentive for Ukraine to agree to a peace deal.)
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Ukraine has already signed an agreement to join NATO, so after the victory it will most likely join
@Marius florin I don’t know what you are looking at but it’s russia who is getting leveled by NATO. russia is stupid enough to have been drawn into a war where it’s army is being ground down by a Nato proxy! And most of what Nato has given Ukraine is old stuff, what do you think is gonna happen when Nato gives Ukraine the good stuff?
@Sánchez Boy russia is gonna need Allah!
@Areopag Servis
Bcoz I really concern the basic needs of you people living in a fail state where flushing toilet is a luxury item in the house,
btw, fixing toilet is safer than throwing stone
Lord God almighty bless the Ukrainian people and give them the tanks to defend their beautiful country. 500 modern tanks on the horizon in the early morning mist would deter the Russians continuing their invasion. Freezing Russians trembling in their trenches would retreat and negotiate without a shot being fired . Ukraine will need rebuilding with their investors and could bring their supporters out of their recessions
Russia has over 1200 tanks on the front, with another 10000 waiting to be sent. Get a grip on reality: Ukraine is dead. If they wanna disappear from the map they should try to escalate things. Russia has avoided to attack any civilian target in which people lived, but now maybe they’ll change their minds and starts to behave like USA in Vietnam, Syria, Libya, Iraq, Serbia etc
I don’t want to see anyone escalate this war . Deterrents from the west must be a show of unity and strength. Analysis so far prisoners have died on the front line. Political prisoners.and objectors. Opposition opponents are leaving the country and when the wagna forces are destroyed on the battlefield Putin will withdraw controlling a muted Russia. Stop the killing Fields now with a massive Deterrent of unity or Europe may be next
Lol. First of all they wont get 500 modern tanks, maybe less than half, but that would probably be enough. They could use those to break through key positions and further disrupt Russian logistics forcing the Russian army to retreat.
@Alex D Oh so they did not use those 10000 tanks because they are so nice? How interesting.
Maybe Germany should send a lot of other weapons besides the Leopard…
They are sending more weapons than another country except the US, however when the enemy has tanks you need tanks.
How nice of Germany not to block Poland from assisting Ukraine. There is no justification for the wishy/washy attitude of the German government toward the defense of Ukraine. Putin and his hordes are stopped in Ukraine now. But if all the NATO nations acted like Germany, Putin and his hordes would be at this moment at the border of Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Moldova and Romania.
Mama Mia all this raving about these Leopard tanks , so Poland sends 20 ; Britain sends 14 Challengers .
In opposition Russia has 2000 T 90’s plus mastery of the skies ,and an overwhelming missile , drone , artillery advantage …how long before these latest NATO shipments are turned into scrap metal …? A week
Please stop this insanty.
tell that to Putin
Thank you Poland! You recognize also that the best way to defend Poland is to help Ukraine defeat Russia. To bad Germany doesn’t want to recognize that simple fact. Why does Scholtz want Russia to win??
The germans don’t want that… They just are scared because of the past. Its very sensitive topic.
Cheap gas!
Ussian misile? You mean ukrainian
Thanks Poland 🇵🇱 help and support Ukraine 🇺🇦 with or without 🙏 the German support
The Russian knows how to distory tanks…300 tanks to fight Russian Lol 😂 they will born them like other tanks, if they will be taking to front line they last for just 2 weeks or below that,So the west have to prepared for another supply…
Do you really think some Leopard 2 Tanks chance anything ? it will not. i belive the most of you want a World war again instead of peace-talks…
I thought the Russians illegally invaded Ukraine and that this caused the current conflict?
@thermo dynamics no , thats how Nato invaded Afghanistan and US invaded Irak. Nothing illegally here
Ukraine is winning though 🤷🏾♂️
Germany : Its not are fault if Ukarainians ” crushed ” Vlad the ” Mad ” and his criminals …Are tanks are the best 🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡😊
No more support for Ukraine, negotiate with Russia and de-escalate the violence. This is madness.
Hasn’t the Russian Federation been identified as an extremist state and promotes terrorism? 🤔 Maybe it’s not the wisest solution…
Russia should just stop supporting its armed forces and pull them out of Ukraine
Russia must be defeated at any cost
There aren’t any negotiations possible with Russia. Their aims are fundamentally incompatible with a sovereign Ukraine. The only options are to fight or to roll over. Considering that Lukashenko’s war map showed an occupied Moldova, and Russian state media (as well as several Russian lawmakers) have said that Moldova and Warsaw are next, I doubt that rolling over would end the violence. Fortunately, fighting and winning seems like a distinct possibility at this point.
@Cornix94 Dude, you are spreading information that is biased and difficult to account for. 😔
The Russian Federation claims that their aggression is a special military operation, not an invasion. They themselves also claim that they seek to liberate the territories of traitorous country through annexation and demilitarization, that is not conquest and oppression. They also claim that this is an unavoidable conflict because the existential sovereignty of their country is at stake, especially territorial security. We may face various questions later about Russia’s motivations and justifications, such as: was their aggression truly just? Do some Ukrainians also want to be liberalized? Is it true that the Ukrainian military carries out evil Nazification missions in their own country and invites NATO to threaten the good of certain ethnicities and even neighboring countries? And many more!
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Guys tomorrow you will cry like the Ukraine 🇺🇦 to pick a fight you could not and ever win against a strong adverser such Russia this is not Iraq this Time the west and their boyfriend American pimp are playing with the fire
Good luck for yur fight but don’t cry as yu are obsessed with Russians
Poland and eastern Europe are puppets to USA specially Poland a big poppy 😂
As a result of the war in Ukraine I can see blonde daesh are emerging in Europe!
It seems the next after ukraine it will be poland for special military operation or baltic countries.but i bet it will be poland😂😂😂
Ukraine will finish off Russia
You mean the malmufuctioning Ukrainian rockets that have striken Polan and Belarus. 🤡 —> Al Jazeera.
In order to liberate their country, Ukrainians need to attack the invaders in the annexed regions. So for the war to come to an end, they need offensive weapons as well.
Poland wants to give German tanks without German permission. Just don’t ask Germany for help if Russia attacks you.
Don’t get your knickers in a twist. Germany has already agreed to Polish Leopards going to Ukraine. And it’s just a matter of days before German Leopards follow. We’ve seen it all before.
no one in Poland is couting on you anyway …we got it.
I agree, it’s better not to mess with Germany at all. They are extremely unreliable.
Time for defensive is over, now it’s time for offensive.
That’s like Mohamed Ali’s boxing strategy (weary the opponent with strong defense, then commence attack once the opponent is showing signs of fatigue).
So what are they waiting if not only bluffing?
But scruples are the secret of each victory, so our scruples to send weapons are important to get that spirit on your side what is the secret of every victory..
Yes, the rope-a-dope! Or rope-an-Ivan.
Rasia love
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If Germany can’t send the leopard Tanks itself other countries like Poland willing to send their leopard Tanks must do so without any permission or restrictions from any country. The more necessary support delay, the more the casualties in the Ukrainian battle front.
I agree with you. Poland seemed to be thinking about handing over tanks and not asking Scholz about it
Whether Putin likes sending Leopard tanks to Ukraine or not, he better bear with it
Exactly. It’s like with the five stages of grief, same behavior putin shows every time something major is getting delivered to Ukraine. He denies it. He is angry about it. He is bargaining. He is depressed and accepts his army is fcked.
Seems Ukraine is some tanks away to win the war. Germany can allow those and see the next.
Let there be Peace on Humankind 🕊We Pray for the Conversion of those Who Started this War🙏🏽
Yea, I’d like to see Zelensky convert. Right now he’s a godless man, denouncing and outlawing christianity.
This is like an insult to Russia 🇷🇺 because back in world War 2 German panzer came and tried to conquer the motherland. This war is going to get worst and not just that once the russian felt being cornered and feeling no option and depleted. This will come to a Red Alert 🚨 ⚠️ 📢 and for sure they won’t hesitate to use ICBM or Nuke.
Yes, Russia is a dying system, and Putin knows that. That makes it dangerous..
Malfunction of Russian s rockets, I like it. I read somewhere all Russian missiles are faulty they tend to fly west, very west
I love this narrative ” Malfunction russian rockets” when in fact Ukraine TWICE hit other areas :)))))) OMG .. mass media lives in a different universe
Germany follows its goal to create most modern and strongest military force in Europe..but it needs time. Germany is already third most supporter of Ukraine in money and weapons..
German chancellor be on the right side of history
the Leopards are free,let the Vatniks hunt and cry
There are no more laws on this earth, if criminals want to set through their interests. It’s all illegal.
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Aljazeera liars …let them send the tank …Russia will destroy it all as it destroyed everything the west sent…
Ukraine is not a member of NATO, if Poland sends Leopards to Ukrana and Russia will send Missiles to Poland. China and Iran will support Russia World War 3 started in Ukraine so the land of slaughter and war will spread to Europe… Steady and keep up the spirit to fight… 👍💪💪🇬🇧🇩🇪🇺🇸🇷🇺🇺🇦🇺🇦
That’s right, Poland.. You don’t need Germanys approval.. Poland will have a stronger military than Germany in a few years.. I love how strong Poland is becoming.. The US needs a strong ally in Eastern Europe, and we are very close with the Poles
Those cowardly Nazis better step up and support Ukraine or the world will never forget another Holocaust .
More wasted taxpayer money 💰 to fight a futile war!!
ukraine is so f… because of usa and nato they can send 100 of these tanks it will not change anything especially if the summer begins. ukraine was peaceful they had everything now they are just f.. let’s see how long america f.. ukraine up but definetely as long as america has puppets on power in ukraine
Germany not merely under pressured by allies,perhaps over pressured by the possible impact of consequences of russia’s stern warning!🤭🤦♂️🚀🇷🇺
Of course the Germans would not block Poland by sending tanks to Ukraine because the Germans don’t want to send his tank to Ukraine.
Maybe they will be crewed as well
Poor Germany government(it can do nothing when Nord Stream Gas pipelines 1 & 2 were destroyed by Terrorists), now due to Ukro-Russo Conflict by 2023 it has been blackmailed by other foreign country in connection with “Germany Leopard tank issue”.
When have Russian rockets hit Poland? Those two farmers died from a malfunctioning Ukrainian air defense missle.
Olaf surely knows what he’s doing. In this tangled web of mangled half truths one thing allways remains the same; money, and shortsightedness. War is a crisis the planet cannot afford regardless of political standpoints. The global elite need to be taken out of power and replaced by a new hierarchical system of importance. Corruption and greed should no longer dictate affaires of great importance. Transperency, multilateral interdependancy and equality will prevail. The idol indescrepency of standing by our empty convictions claiming “we are one people! We shall rise! We can do it!” uncouthly sputters out and fades. Truth of the matter is all of these historical reticulations but impoverish the credibility towards any form of leadership altogether. More importantly the concept of a unified earth bears no weight in face of global corruption and fascist regimes. the arrogance of man to simply believe in anything in and of itself whilst weilding no accurate depictions of said beliefs is a tragic noteriety granted to the majority. Entertaining the concept of “political correctness” as far as human and planetary rights are involved is like disillusionment narrating itself. Resting fate in the hands of someone else requires trust, and trust is circumstancially vulnerable most of the time, this however is what makes trust so valuable. As an attempt to salvage any hope that man kind has towards a dignified existence perhaps a global awakening should be primordial in these particular circumstances.
I hope the german did not forget the forces of russia federation during the second world war .
Win Russia
They’ll be blown upon arrival. God bless Russia!!!
THE WAR OF CHOICE MOVING ON THEN ?, AND WE THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF WORLD CITIZENS HAVE NO SAY IN WHAT COULD BE A WORLD ENDING EXTINCTION WAR !!! 🕷🤔 I SAY MY FAMILY SHOULD NOT DIE BECAUSE UKRAINE WAS STUPID !!!!
Slava Ukraine
These tanks will be destroyed in a few days, and Zalansky will be ask ing for plans,this will not change anything
Go ahead, make my day.
The ‘optics’ of German armour attacking Russian infantry has a weird ‘vibe’ to it, anyway – what could possibly go wrong?
Russia’s threat of making Ukraine suffer is just blowing hot air up their own pooh tube (as have been causing suffering to Ukraine since 2014. Another LIE / BS from the Kremlin agents of deceit on the international stage eg. state sponsored sporting drug policy / murder (poisoning), war crimes, sexual deviants etc.
German is the center of terrorist
German under the sleep of america
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Urgently, the Nazis are running out of volunteers from friendly countries in Ukraine, almost everyone has been destroyed, volunteers are still needed as there are no Ukrainians on the front line, Ukrainians are bringing and pushing mercenaries in front of volunteers. The next one will need NATO personnel, tankers and locksmiths from Germany, Poland…
Nothing worked in Ukraine without peace, their neighbours is to powerful
Very good
With Ukraine on the brink of total destruction, why do they still remain choosy? If Germany does not approve the Leopard, why is the M1 Abrams not good enough? For goodness sake, the American M1 is more than capable. Also, the Americans are smart enough to get the Japanese to pay for them.
Poland has already turned to the Germans for permission.
I think that most EU countries are ready to transfer tanks to Ukraine today.
The German government is simply afraid of responsibility or is so tied to Moscow that they are being blackmailed by Putin
This war showed us that all the modern world have to separate from Russian resources
45 percent of Germans support the transfer of tanks to Ukraine, the government also supports it. I don’t understand what’s wrong with Scholz
Scholz is afraid of the consequences. But it is only going to be worse with this specific decision
@Melida Reichert There will be dire consequences if Ukraine does not win. Russia may not stop and attack other countries
Germany is not particularly at risk.
Ukraine risks everything 🙁
Hold on, Ukraine💙💛 Support from other countries is with you!
If the U.S. and Britain had not helped Europe in World War II, Nazism would not have been defeated. That is why we must do the same now. Scholz needs to understand this.
We have smth commons in this war and ww2. Germany chose a wrong way again
@Melida Reichert I really hope that Germany will come to its senses and join the world in helping the Ukrainians defeat the evils of the 21st century.
Ukraine has a very important moment now. Stop supporting them with weapons means to allow Putin gets a victory. It can’t be real
It’s awful. It pains me to see what Germany is doing. Ukraine needs tanks. So what’s the problem? Give them tanks
interestingly Scholz is a coward or bought by the Kremlin?
@Ashley Paucek I have no idea. But Scholz not only endangers Ukrainians, but also countries that Russia, if successful in Ukraine, could also attack
I can’t understand those people who still don’t understand what Ukrainians are doing for the world.
You can’t just watch it, or watch it as a movie about war.
Otherwise, the war will come to other countries.
RUSSIA IS A THREAT TO THE WHOLE WORLD.
agree with you. If Russia is not broken now, they will not stop and will trample on Europe
Germany nostalgic for the idea of fascism?
Do they really not see that Putin is waging war like Hitler?
Europe does not want World War III! It is necessary to stop Russian-fascism in Ukraine.
Many thanks to the Poles and contempt for Scholz.
Poland has already faced the russian world more than once and the Poles do not need to be told how much grief Russian soldiers carry with them
It is very important to provide Ukraine with the necessary weapons now, because if Russia is not stopped now at the 1991 borders of Ukraine, Putin will go further, and the world will continue to suffer.
And here it is, Spiegel writes that Germany has changed its mind, and the tanks will go to fight against the Russian occupiers in Ukraine.
Let’s wait for confirmation from other sources
All countries must understand that if there are no quality arms supplies, Ukraine will not be able to wage war effectively, and this will lead to Putin’s army suddenly finding itself in Europe.
When Ukraine renounced nuclear weapons, we pledged to provide immediate arms assistance in the event of hostilities on its territory. It’s almost a year into the war, and Europe and the West are taking too long to decide which weapons to send in and which not.
Scholz=Putin/stalin/Hitler
What bullshit.
Enjoy WW3.
Those tanks wont last a week
Actually they are protecting from ukrine air defense rockets so they can’t say it loud
Germany 🇩🇪 is a sovereign state. Let them decide on their own.
The Germans get called The Devil by the polish PM.
Germany has No Honor.
Down with NATO😉
Nobody outside of the obiden crime family and fake news media is interested in Zelenskyy’s war….
The only option now is for puppetlenskyy to stop holding ukraine hostage and resign…..
God Bless Putin and his troops…,,.lllllol