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Germany needs to order new Leopard tanks quickly to replace those going to Ukraine, Defence Minister Boris Pistorius said on Wednesday, adding he did not care where the money came from. "For me, the crucial fact is that we have to order new tanks, not in a year, but swiftly, so that production can begin," he told reporters on a visit to a tank battalion in the western town of Augustdorf, which has been chosen to supply 14 of its Leopard 2 tanks to Kyiv.

The chief executive of German defense contractor Vincorion said on Tuesday it would take 12 to 24 months to replace Leopard 2 tanks that Berlin has promised to Ukraine.

Defend the donetsk region. meanwhile, the question of how the west arms ukraine and with what has reared its head again as the german chancellor olaf scholz ruled out sending fighterjets. ukrainian officials have asked allied nations to create a fighterjet coalition to help them further repel russia. but in an interview with the newspaper der tagesspiegel, the german chancellor urged western nations not tojoin a bidding warfor more sophisticated weaponry. last week, germany announced it will del...

A fighterjet coalition to help them further repel russia. but in an interview with the newspaper tagesspiegel, the german chancellor urged western nations not tojoin a bidding warfor more sophisticated weaponry. last week, germany announced it will deliver its leopard 2 battle tanks to ukraine after weeks of pressure from nato and european union allies. earlier, i spoke to the cias former chief russia analyst, george beebe, who authored the russia trap: how our shadow war with russia could spira...

Western tanks are a "vital part" of Ukraines combined arms approach to warfare and are considered safer and more advanced than Russian models

The German public is apparently demanding an explanation why the government needs to send Leopard tanks to Ukraine

Germany announced this week that it would send 14 Leopard 2s to Ukraine as a first step to the eventual delivery of over 100 main battle tanks to the Eastern European country.

FIGHTING * Russia accused the Ukrainian military of deliberately striking a hospital in a Russian-held area of eastern Ukraine on Saturday in what it said was a war crime that killed 14 people and wounded 24 patients and medical staff. ARMS * Ukraine has been promised 321 heavy tanks by several countries, Kyiv's ambassador to France said on Friday.

Poland will send an additional 60 tanks to Ukraine on top of the 14 German-made Leopard 2 tanks it has already pledged, the Polish prime minister said in an interview with Canadian television on Thursday. Warsaw, which has positioned itself as one of Kyiv's staunchest allies, had pressed hard for Germany to send Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine and to allow other countries to do so as well, a demand which Berlin agreed to on Wednesday.

Oleh Synehubov, governor of the northeastern region of Kharkiv, said fierce fighting was continuing along the front lines there but Ukrainian forces were holding out. POWER SHORTAGES Millions of Ukrainians faced electricity shortages after Thursday's missile and drone strikes, the latest to target energy facilities and deprive people of heat, light and water. Russian air attacks hit five high-voltage substations in the central, southern and southwest regions on Thursday, Prime Minister Den...