bakhmut in ukraine. and the reason this matters, jake, is because the fight for bakhmut, as has become the case with much of the war in ukraine, has become a war of attrition that military and intelligence officials increasingly say is really likely to turn on access to artillery ammunition, which side is able to sustain its supply of artillery ammunition the longest. one senior western intelligence official that i spoke to earlier today said in bakhmut alone, the two sides are spending up to multiple thousands of rounds of ammunition a day, which is just staggering. so what north korea is doing here is really helping wagner, and by extension the russian side, perpetuate this fight in bakhmut that our sources say has left this part of ukraine looking like they re done. will the weapons and ammunition from north korea make a difference in ukraine? not necessarily from a broader strategic perspective. the fight in bakhmut specifically is not seen, even if russia is able to
the fact that the decision on tanks must be taken. standoff on military aid, u.s. and nato allies push germany to provide key tanks to ukraine. we re live in london on the diplomatic stalemate. and blow to republicans as the justice department signaled it won t hand over documents they demanded. how it impacts the biden and trump investigations. plus anti-abortion activists rally in washington, d.c. for the march for life demonstration. protestors say even though roe was overturned, there work isn t done. despite intense negotiations among the west s most senior defense officials, determine any still won t agree to send its coveted leopard 2 battle tanks to ukraine and they won t even allow other countries who have them to supply them about on paper it appears ideally suited for ukraine plus thousands are already deployed to more than a dozen nearby european countries, so getting some into ukraine would be relatively easy. poland for example is eager to give some of
successful right now. there are tanks in that those offerings. poland for example continues to offer tanks and will provide tanks if other countries will offer some tank capability as well. i don t have any announcements to make on m-1st. and you heard the german minister of defense say that they have not made a decision on leopards. cnn reporters are covering all these developments. melissa bell has a look at russia charging a 19-year-old social media war critic as a terrorist. and salma abdelaziz is live in london on the new u.s. moves against a mercenary group aiding russia s war. but first oren liebermann has a look at the types of defensive weapons that will be going to ukraine. reporter: in the halls of ramstein air force base, the u.s. and more than 50 allies stood united on every issue but one. lloyd austin heaping praise on countries for sending more
reasons for the delivery and there are good reasons against it. we cannot all say today when a decision will be made, nor what that decision on the leopard tanks will be. reporter: on the winter battlefield, ukraine wants modern tanks to retake territory against dug-in russian defensive lines. it s a more powerful weapon for a more brutal battle. the u.s. insists it s abrams is the wrong fit. it runs primarily on jet fuel, making it harder to maintain and operate in ukraine. with few operators, spare parts are hard to come by. instead, the u.s. and others have been pressuring germany for leopard tanks. they made runs on diesel and it s used by a dozen other countries in europe, making it easy to get spare parts and perhaps more tanks to ukraine. germany has yet to make a decision. the defense secretary defended berlin while pushing everyone to contribute more to ukraine s war effort. is germany doing enough in order to show real leadership in
other nato allies are pushing germany to provide ukraine with key tanks. cnn s correspondent oren lieberman reports, so far they re resisting the request. reporter: in the halls of ramstein air force base, the u.s. and 50 allies stood united on every issue but one. defense secretary lloyd austin heaping praise on countries for sending powerful and advanced weapons to ukraine as the war nears its one-year mark, the u.s. with its package that includes vehicles, striker vehicles and much more. what s missing is at the top of ukraine s wish list. we will still have to fight for the supply of modern tanks, but every day we make it more obvious there is no alternative to making this decision. reporter: germany refuses to sign off on sending leopard tanks to ukraine, despite u.s. pressure and behind the scenes wrangling, berlin won t budge. translator: there are good