KYIV: Western allies pledged billions of dollars in weapons for Ukraine on Thursday (Jan 19) and some promised to send the tanks Kyiv has requested if Berlin agrees, but Germany gave no sign of lifting a veto on deliveries it fears would provoke Moscow. The issue looks set to dominate Friday talks in Germa
KYIV: Western allies pledged billions of dollars in weapons for Ukraine on Thursday and some promised to send the tanks Kyiv has requested if Berlin agrees, but Germany gave no sign of lifting a veto on deliveries it fears would provoke Moscow.
Ukraine needed them to defend itself, recapture occupied land, and did not plan to attack Russia, he added. "True leadership is about leading by example, not about looking up to others. There are no taboos," tweeted Zelenskyy's adviser Mykhailo Podolyak. Meanwhile, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and the new German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius met in Berlin, but there was no update on the tank decision.
Ukrainian officials pressed for an urgent decision."We have no time, the world does not have this time," Andriy Yermak, head of the Ukrainian presidential administration, wrote on Telegram.NUCLEAR THREAT AND DIVIDED PUBLIC
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