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Willing to do that. they believe that the abrams is not suited for the battlefields in eastern ukraine. obviously, it takes a lot of gas, it has that very complicated turbine engine. however, the germans seem pretty adamant about that point. they do seem to be work out a compromise and there is the feeling that it could happen, but right now, it seems as though there are still some things that need to be sorted out. nevertheless, the ukrainians say the most-suited tank for the terrain here is re...

Polish Prime Minister says they are waiting for a clear position from Berlin regarding its willingness to send its Leopard battle tanks to Ukraine.

If its allies acted together. the uk has commited to sending 1a challenger ii tanks to the front line. russia has warned that providing tanks would mark an "extremely dangerous" escalation. heres our europe correspondentjessica parker. this is what kyiv wants, but cant yet have. german—made leopard tanks, to help defend and reclaim its territory from russia. britain has gone first in sending western main battle tanks, but it is a fraction of what is being asked for. hundreds of thank—yous ar...

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Then rockets — like these himars — were given to ukraine to hold back russian advances in the south. then it was air defences — like these nasams — that ukraine needed to protect itself from drones and missiles. and now its hundreds of powerful battle tanks they say they need to break the deadlock on the battlefield. the reason ukraine is asking for perhaps 300 main battle tanks is that ukraine understands that number of high—quality tanks really would a major difference to the battle ...

But berlin has not signed off on sending leopard ii tanks to ukraine and neither has the u.s. in serving abrams. the u.s. did, however, unveil its massive package of more than $2.5 billion in security aid to ukraine. this is the second largest package if just -- package just after largest package which was $3 billion announced just a few weeks ago. altogether since the start of the war, the u.s. has given more than $26 billion. arthel? arthel: yeah. , and alex, meanwhile, images of the grief-str...

We need tanks, not thanks. will ukraine get what it needs? >> well, thats the million-dollar question. and a lot will depend on what germany ultimately decides in terms of giving these leopard ii tanks or allowing the other countries such as poland to give their leopard ii tanks, that they are in possession of. up until this point, it appears that germany is kind of unwilling to do that, unless it sees the u.s. give these abrams tanks. the u.s. has said its not going to give those tanks, but ver...

Decisive moment and the world a decisive moment and the world a decisive decade. he said russia was regrouping, recruiting and trying to re—equip. both germany and the us have been under pressure to provide you came with battle tanks so far, only britain have said they will do. lukaszjasina is polands ministry of foreign affairs spokesman. he says the country has contingencies if germany refuses to allow leopard ii tanks to be sent to ukraine. very frustrated because helping ukraine is the mos...

There was a request of germany and the leopard ii tanks, and there was a request for germany to send their tanks or other countries who use them to send those. poland has been vocal about the desire, and finland as well who met on the sidelines of an international gathering in germany earlier today to see if there is some way forward here, but right now, berlin is not budging on sending the tanks even though it is the ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy who said it is tanks at the top of the...

Celebrated —— we celebrated this victory, youd think he won the australian open himself, but itll be interesting to see how he recovers, not much more time before he plays in the third round in melbourne. so even if it doesnt progress after this stage, this was a personal victory if nothing else. it really was, hes been amazing. thank you so much, holly, good to see you and many congratulations to andy murray. the british defence secretary, ben wallace, has announced the uk will supply 600 b...