After hesitating, making excuses and passing the buck to the United States, worried in particular about a possible escalation of tensions with Moscow, Germany's Chancellor Olaf Scholz has authorised supplying Volodymyr Zelensky with Leopard 2 tanks to help defend Ukraine against Russian aggression.
Updated on 25 January 2023 at 12:00pm.
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