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DIRECT. War in Ukraine: German chancellor forced to supply Leopard tanks

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  • On Sunday evening, Germany announced that it would not object to the possible supply of Leopard tanks by Poland to Ukraine.
  • For his part, Emmanuel Macron said that “nothing is ruled out” regarding the supply of Leclerc tanks.
  • However, the French President added that such an initiative could only be taken under very specific conditions, in particular to avoid an escalation of the conflict.
  • On the ground, Russia claims to have “advanced” in the Zaporozhye region.
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In the US, Republicans call on the Biden administration to announce the supply of tanks to Ukraine

The new chairman of the US House Foreign Affairs Committee, Republican Michael McCall, called on the Biden administration to announce the supply of tanks to Ukraine to encourage Germany and other countries to do so. “From what I have heard, Germany is waiting for us to take the lead,” he explained, adding that this would create a domino effect by forcing other countries in Europe to send Leopard tanks as well.

06:25

180,000 killed or wounded in the Russian ranks, 100,000 on the Ukrainian side, according to the Norwegian army.

According to Norwegian Army Chief of Staff Eirik Kristoffersen, the war in Ukraine has claimed the lives of almost 180,000 people killed or wounded in the ranks of the Russian army and 100,000 on the Ukrainian side, not counting 30,000 civilians killed. However, for several months now, Russia and Ukraine have not put forward reliable estimates of their losses.

06:21

Germany will not be against the supply of Polish tanks

This is the main information of Sunday evening. “If we had been asked a question, we would not have objected,” said Olaf Scholz, German Foreign Minister, ruling in a coalition with the Social Democrats, about the delivery of these tanks to Kyiv. “At the moment the question has not been asked” by Poland, which should send an official request to Berlin, the minister said in an interview with the French channel LCI in Paris.

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Source: Le Parisien

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