As defense ministers meet to discuss support for Ukraine, Germany is still refusing to allow its Leopard battle tanks to be used by Kyiv.
RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin urged dozens of defense ministers on Friday to look for new ways to help Ukraine fend off the nearly year-old Russian invasion threatening its existence, amid a seemingly unresolved rift over who will supply the government in Kyiv with battle tanks ahead of an expected Ukrainian counteroffensive.“We need to keep our momentum and resolve,” Austin said in opening remarks at a meeting on this air base, where the delegations gathered.
It is the first time United States has included Strykers in the nearly $27 billion in military assistance that the Biden administration has approved since Russia’s February 2022 invasion. Austin did not address the issue directly in his opening remarks, but said that this is a decisive moment for Ukraine and that countries rallying to Kyiv’s aid “will support Ukraine’s self-defense for as long as it takes.”Austin cast Russia’s invasion as increasingly hapless, saying that Moscow is running out of ammunition suffering “significant battlefield losses” and turning to just a few partners that it has left for help.
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