In order to supply Ukraine with German-made tanks, Poland must obtain Germany's permission to lift export restrictions.

“There were no requests for this delivery from Poland or other countries,” RIA Novosti quotes her.

Lambrecht also said that Berlin promised Kyiv to supply 40 Marder infantry fighting vehicles in the first quarter of 2023.

Earlier, Polish President Andrzej Duda said during a press conference in Lvov that Poland would transfer a company of Leopard tanks to Ukraine as part of an international coalition.

Dmitry Medvedev, deputy chairman of the Russian Security Council, warned that the tanks supplied by Western countries to Ukraine would soon turn into "rusty scrap metal."