Sean Gallup/Getty Images Krick - Pool/Getty Images Germany’s announcement that Leopard 2 tanks will be sent to Ukraine brings Russia’s war to a “new level of confrontation,” a Russian ambassador said Wednesday. In inset, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz records his New Year's address to the German people on December 30, 2022, in Berlin. This was after Poland, which has been seeking to provide Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine, officially requested Germany's consent on Tuesday to send them to the war-torn country.Ī Leopard 2A6 main battle tank of the Bundeswehr, the German armed forces, participates in the NATO Iron Wolf military exercises on October 27, 2022, in Pabrade, Lithuania. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced Wednesday that Germany would provide 14 Leopard 2 A6 tanks to Ukraine, and other countries also in possession of the German-made tanks would be permitted to send them to Ukraine as well. "Once again, we are convinced that Germany, like its closest allies, is not interested in a diplomatic solution to the Ukrainian crisis, it is set up for its permanent escalation and unlimited pumping of the Kyiv regime with more and more deadly weapons. "Unfortunately, this happens over and over again," Nechaev said. In a statement published on the website of the Russian Embassy in Berlin, Russian Ambassador to Germany Sergey Nechaev said that Germany's decision was "extremely dangerous" and "contradicts" statements from German politicians about the country's unwillingness to be drawn into the Ukraine conflict. Germany's announcement that Leopard 2 tanks will be sent to Ukraine brings the war against Russia to a "new level of confrontation," a Russian ambassador said Wednesday.
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