"Free the Leopards!": hundreds of protesters in Berlin demand that government send tanks to Ukraine
A protest against the reluctance of the Olaf Scholz administration to supply Ukraine with Leopard 2 tanks is taking place in Berlin at the moment.
Source: European Pravda
Several thousand people have gathered outside the Bundestag building in Berlin. Both Ukrainians living in Berlin and Germans are protesting against the German government's delay in supplying Ukraine with Leopard tanks. The protesters are holding posters with the slogan "Free the Leopards!", demanding the supply of tanks to the Ukrainian army.
Several thousand protestors have gathered under the Bundestag building in Berlin against the German government's delay in supplying Ukraine with Leopard tanks. https://t.co/aL4J0Nv2ih pic.twitter.com/XezqSAH6N0
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Background:
- Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki previously hinted that Warsaw may transfer a company of German-made tanks to Ukraine without Berlin's consent if its approval takes too long.
- German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius said that western allies have not yet reached an agreement to provide Ukraine with Leopard 2 main battle tanks at the Ramstein format meeting, but he instructed his ministry to prepare for "the day that may come".
- Meanwhile, the German government insisted that the question of the supply of Leopard tanks to Ukraine has never been linked to the supply of Abrams tanks by the United States of America.
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