Poland Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki has confirmed that its country is ready to send the German-made Leopard tanks to Ukraine should Berlin not consent to it.
Following much pressure on Germany to provide tanks for Ukraine, the German defense minister has stated that, they won’t stop any country willing to send Leopard tanks to Ukraine.
With that, the Polish prime minister stressed that they’ll first seek German permission before sending the tanks, but the German decision irrespective won’t change their stand of sending tanks to Ukraine as they press for it.
Morawiecki on Monday stated, “We will seek this approval. Even if we didn’t get such approval in the end, we will give our tanks to Ukraine anyway – within a small coalition of countries, even if Germany isn’t in that coalition.”
Ukraine has continued to pressure the West to send her tanks to recapture territories captured by the Russian forces.
The German Leopard tanks are seen as the most suitable weapons needed by Ukraine, but Germany has remained adamant in sending her tanks to Ukraine based on fairness among allies.