[Global Network Report Trainee Reporter Li Lushan] "Berlin will not allow German tanks to be sent to Ukraine unless the United States (first) sends its own." The US "Wall Street Journal" used this as the title to report on Western countries' efforts to aid Ukraine. Tangled, a senior German official said local time (18th) that unless the United States agrees to provide U.S.-made main battle tanks to Ukraine, Germany will not allow its allies to ship German-made tanks to Ukraine, nor will it send Germany’s own tanks to Ukraine.

  According to the report, according to data from the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London, the "Leopard" tank is considered to be one of the most advanced tanks in the world. NATO member countries currently have more than 2,000 German-made "Leopard" tanks.

  Poland, Finland and Denmark have said they are ready to send their Leopard tanks to Ukraine if they get Berlin's approval, the report said.

However, no country has yet submitted a formal application.

However, a senior German official told the media that Germany is willing to approve the dispatch of "Leopard" tanks, but only if the United States announces that it will provide Kyiv with some "Abrams" main battle tanks.

But Colin Carr, the No. 3 figure in the Pentagon and U.S. Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Affairs, told reporters on the 18th that the United States "is not yet ready" to provide Ukraine with "Abrams" tanks.

  "The 'Abrams' tank is very complex, expensive and difficult to train," Carr said.

Regarding Carr's remarks, the "Wall Street Journal" interpreted that although he did not directly respond to Germany's call for the United States to provide tanks, Carr meant that the Pentagon did not want to provide Ukraine with "they can't be repaired, they can't be maintained, and in the long run. Unfortunate" equipment.

  The "Wall Street Journal" mentioned that despite this, the United States still hopes to persuade Germany to give the green light to provide the "Leopard" tank.

US Secretary of Defense Austin arrived in Berlin on the 18th to meet with the new German Defense Minister Pistorius.

It is worth noting that on the same day, German Chancellor Scholz stated that Germany and its partners are "strategically closely linked" in supporting Ukraine, including the provision of tanks to Ukraine.

And Scholz is now also putting pressure on US President Biden, asking him to authorize the United States to send to Kyiv the equipment that the US military has the closest to the German-made "Leopard" tank-the "Abrams" tank.

  As Western countries debate who should provide Ukraine with main battle tanks first, according to previous reports, Russian Presidential Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told the media on January 16 that it is unlikely that the West will provide Ukraine with heavy armored combat vehicles Changing the battlefield situation, "these tanks are burning well and will continue to burn".

Peskov also said that Moscow doubts whether Western countries "care about the fate of the Ukrainian people or their future" and that "they are only using Ukraine as a tool to achieve their anti-Russian goals."

  (Source: World Wide Web)