Poland’s Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki stated on Sunday his nation was able to dispatch 14 German-made Leopard tanks to Kyiv, however was “ready for a transparent assertion” from Berlin on whether or not it may switch the heavy armour.

In a transparent signal that Berlin is softening its stance on tanks, Germany’s International Secretary advised French TV station LCI that her authorities would “not stand in the way in which” of Poland.

Requested what would occur if Warsaw despatched its Leopard 2 tanks with out German approval, Annalena Baerbock replied: “For the second the query has not been requested, but when we have been requested we might not stand in the way in which.”

Germany had been a lot criticised over the weekend for refusing to decide to offering Kyiv with its Leopard tanks at a safety assembly held at a US airbase in Ramstein Germany on Friday.

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