{"id":3321,"date":"2023-01-21T16:24:43","date_gmt":"2023-01-21T16:24:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/londonpost.news\/?p=3321"},"modified":"2023-03-23T18:35:07","modified_gmt":"2023-03-23T18:35:07","slug":"germany-denies-to-send-german-tanks-to-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/diplomatic-world\/germany-denies-to-send-german-tanks-to-ukraine\/2023\/01\/21\/admin1\/","title":{"rendered":"Germany denies to send German tanks to Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"

Berlin (AP) -The<\/span> German<\/span> government,<\/span> under<\/span> mounting<\/span> pressure,<\/span> has<\/span> refused<\/span> to<\/span> send<\/span> the<\/span> hardware,<\/span> arguing<\/span> it<\/span> risks<\/span> making<\/span> such<\/span> decisions<\/span> unilaterally<\/span> and<\/span> becoming<\/span> a<\/span> direct<\/span> party<\/span> to<\/span> the<\/span> conflict<\/span> between<\/span> Moscow<\/span> and<\/span> Kyiv.<\/span> Some<\/span> news<\/span> outlets<\/span> also<\/span> reported<\/span> that<\/span> Berlin<\/span> refused<\/span> to<\/span> send<\/span> Leopards<\/span> to<\/span> Ukraine<\/span> unless<\/span> the<\/span> US<\/span> committed<\/span> to<\/span> sending<\/span> tanks.<\/span> Washington<\/span> has<\/span> so<\/span> far<\/span> refused<\/span> to<\/span> provide<\/span> Abrams<\/span> tanks,<\/span> claiming<\/span> they<\/span> are<\/span> too<\/span> complex<\/span> to<\/span> operate<\/span> and<\/span> require<\/span> extensive<\/span> training.<\/span><\/p>\n

Last<\/span> month,<\/span> Germany<\/span> handed<\/span> over<\/span> its<\/span> first<\/span> batch<\/span> of<\/span> more<\/span> than<\/span> a<\/span> dozen<\/span> Leopards<\/span> to<\/span> the<\/span> Czech<\/span> Republic<\/span> to<\/span> replace<\/span> her<\/span> T-72<\/span> tanks<\/span> sent<\/span> to<\/span> Ukraine.<\/span> Prague<\/span> has<\/span> pledged<\/span> 90<\/span> of<\/span> these<\/span> Soviet-era<\/span> tanks<\/span> to<\/span> Kyiv,<\/span> with<\/span> the<\/span> United<\/span> States<\/span> and<\/span> the<\/span> Netherlands<\/span> helping<\/span> to<\/span> refurbish<\/span> them.<\/span> In<\/span> recent<\/span> months,<\/span> Ukraine<\/span> has<\/span> asked<\/span> its<\/span> Western<\/span> allies<\/span> to<\/span> provide<\/span> more<\/span> sophisticated<\/span> weapons,<\/span> including<\/span> heavy<\/span> armor.<\/span> Poland<\/span> and<\/span> Britain<\/span> have<\/span> pledged<\/span> to<\/span> send<\/span> Western-made<\/span> tanks<\/span> to<\/span> Kyiv,<\/span> but<\/span> German<\/span> Defense<\/span> Minister<\/span> Boris<\/span> Pistorius<\/span> said<\/span> on<\/span> Friday<\/span> that<\/span> NATO<\/span> countries<\/span> had<\/span> failed<\/span> to<\/span> reach<\/span> an<\/span> agreement<\/span> on<\/span> the<\/span> supply<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> Leopard<\/span> 2<\/span><\/p>\n

The<\/span> Czech<\/span> Republic<\/span> has<\/span> not<\/span> received<\/span> a<\/span> request<\/span> to<\/span> transfer<\/span> the<\/span> Leopard<\/span> 2<\/span> it<\/span> is<\/span> due<\/span> to<\/span> receive<\/span> from<\/span> Berlin,<\/span> the<\/span> defense<\/span> ministry<\/span> said.<\/span>
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>The<\/span> Czech<\/span> Republic<\/span> will<\/span> not<\/span> donate<\/span> to<\/span> Ukraine<\/span> the<\/span> Leopard<\/span> 2<\/span> tanks<\/span> it<\/span> receives<\/span> from<\/span> Germany<\/span> in<\/span> exchange<\/span> for<\/span> the<\/span> delivery<\/span> of<\/span> T-72s<\/span> to<\/span> Kyiv,<\/span> the<\/span> Czech<\/span> Defense<\/span> Ministry<\/span> said<\/span> on<\/span> Friday.<\/span>
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>In<\/span> a<\/span> statement,<\/span> the<\/span> foreign<\/span> ministry<\/span> denied<\/span> media<\/span> reports<\/span> that<\/span> the<\/span> Czech<\/span> Republic<\/span> and<\/span> neighboring<\/span> Slovakia<\/span> were<\/span> ready<\/span> to<\/span> hand<\/span> over<\/span> the<\/span> leopards<\/span> to<\/span> Ukraine.<\/span>
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>“This<\/span> information<\/span> is<\/span> incorrect.<\/span> No<\/span> one<\/span> asked<\/span> or<\/span> invited<\/span> the<\/span> Czech<\/span> Republic<\/span> to<\/span> provide<\/span> the<\/span> tanks<\/span> received<\/span> from<\/span> Germany<\/span> under<\/span> previous<\/span> agreements<\/span> in<\/span> return<\/span> for<\/span> assistance<\/span> to<\/span> Ukraine,”<\/span> the<\/span> ministry<\/span> emphasized.<\/span>
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>Also<\/span> at<\/span> a<\/span> summit<\/span> held<\/span> at<\/span> Ramstein<\/span> Air<\/span> Base<\/span> in<\/span> Germany<\/span> on<\/span> Friday,<\/span> dozens<\/span> of<\/span> countries<\/span> supporting<\/span> Kyiv<\/span> gathered<\/span> to<\/span> discuss<\/span> the<\/span> country’s<\/span> future<\/span> military<\/span> support.<\/span>
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>Ukrainian<\/span> Defense<\/span> Minister<\/span> Aleksey<\/span> Reznikov<\/span> stated<\/span> on<\/span> Friday<\/span> that<\/span> his<\/span> nation’s<\/span> forces<\/span> will<\/span> begin<\/span> training<\/span> on<\/span> German<\/span> Leopard<\/span> tanks<\/span> in<\/span> Poland,<\/span> despite<\/span> the<\/span> fact<\/span> that<\/span> Berlin<\/span> and<\/span> its<\/span> NATO<\/span> allies<\/span> have<\/span> not<\/span> yet<\/span> reached<\/span> an<\/span> agreement<\/span> on<\/span> supplying<\/span> the<\/span> tanks.<\/span>
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>Speaking<\/span> to<\/span> US<\/span> state<\/span> media,<\/span> Reznikov<\/span> said<\/span> that<\/span> in<\/span> addition<\/span> to<\/span> Poland,<\/span> “countries<\/span> that<\/span> already<\/span> have<\/span> Leopard<\/span> tanks<\/span> can<\/span> begin<\/span> training<\/span> missions<\/span> for<\/span> our<\/span> tank<\/span> crews.\u201d<\/span>
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>Reznikov<\/span> is<\/span> not<\/span> the<\/span> only<\/span> Ukrainian<\/span> official<\/span> hoping<\/span> Germany<\/span> will<\/span> eventually<\/span> approve<\/span> the<\/span> handover<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> tanks.<\/span> “In<\/span> any<\/span> case,<\/span> Germany<\/span> will<\/span> do<\/span> it<\/span> at<\/span> a<\/span> later<\/span> date,”<\/span> Ukrainian<\/span> Foreign<\/span> Minister<\/span> Dmitry<\/span> Kleva<\/span> said<\/span> on<\/span> German<\/span> television<\/span> earlier<\/span> this<\/span> month.<\/span> \u201cWe<\/span> have<\/span> already<\/span> seen<\/span> this<\/span> with<\/span> self-propelled<\/span> howitzers,<\/span> the<\/span> IRIS-T<\/span> air<\/span> defense<\/span> system,<\/span> and<\/span> more<\/span> recently<\/span> the<\/span> Marder<\/span> and<\/span> Patriot<\/span> systems.\u201d<\/span>
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>Moscow<\/span> says<\/span> it<\/span> doesn’t<\/span> matter<\/span> if<\/span> the<\/span> tanks<\/span> reach<\/span> Ukraine<\/span> or<\/span> not.<\/span> Kremlin<\/span> spokesman<\/span> Dmitry<\/span> Peskov<\/span> said<\/span> earlier<\/span> this<\/span> week,<\/span> “These<\/span> tanks<\/span> can<\/span> burn,<\/span> and<\/span> they<\/span> will<\/span> burn<\/span> like<\/span> the<\/span> rest<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> Western<\/span> weapons.”<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Berlin (AP) -The German government, under mounting pressure, has refused to send the hardware, arguing it risks making such decisions unilaterally and becoming a direct party to the conflict between Moscow and Kyiv. Some news outlets also reported that Berlin refused to send Leopards to Ukraine unless the US committed to sending tanks. Washington has […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3323,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":""},"categories":[24,280,2482,26,276],"tags":[76,77,132,154,170,174,464,496,863,864,865],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/GRM.jpg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3321"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3321"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3321\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3325,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3321\/revisions\/3325"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3323"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}