“If we announced that we were going to transfer Abrams, even one ... they would provide Leopard tanks,” he said in an interview with ABC News.

According to the congressman, about ten countries in Europe are armed with Leopard tanks.

For the delivery of their APU, the consent of Berlin is required, McCall added.

Germany, in turn, expects Washington's leadership in this matter, the politician concluded.

Earlier, the foreign ministers of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia called on German Chancellor Olaf Scholz to supply Leopard tanks to Kyiv.

Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said that if Germany does not agree to send Leopard tanks to Kyiv, Warsaw is ready to create a new military coalition.