Germany answers Ukraine's plea for tanks

The Bundeswehr practise with a Leopard 2 A6 battle tank
Germany has announced plans to send an initial company of 14 Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine. -EPA

Germany has announced plans to deliver heavy tanks to Ukraine, and the United States is also poised to do so, a breakthrough hailed as a decisive military boost by Kyiv and condemned by Moscow as a reckless provocation.

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