Canada is not currently considering sending panther 2 tank For Ukraine, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says, despite a report that Ukrainian The leadership wants to request them.
according to a report by the globe and mail On Monday, Ukraine intends to ask Canada for some of its Leopard-2 main battle tanks – if Germany approves the weapon’s re-export, which Chancellor Olaf Scholz is facing pressure to do.
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“We will look at all requests from Ukraine but we are not there yet, for Leopard 2 tanks,” the prime minister said, speaking in French.
“But we are here to provide Ukraine with what it needs so that they can beat Russia.”
Re-exporting Leopards requires approval from the German government, as they manufacture battle tanks and play a significant role in restrictions on re-exporting it.
Because of this, other countries that have bought tanks cannot send them to Ukraine without Germany giving the green light.
Scholz has expressed concern that the use of NATO-standard heavy tanks in combat could escalate the conflict – although he has said that if an agreement is reached between Kyiv’s main allies about re-exporting the tanks, he would Will not stand in the way.
Mykhailo Podolyak, a top adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, said the globe and mail He was “optimistic” Germany would come.
If this happens, Poland and Finland have already indicated that they will send some of their Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine.
Canada could face political pressure at any such point to do so.
A Bundeswehr Leopard 2A4 main battle tank is displayed at the entrance to the Münster barracks in Münster near Hannover, Germany, Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2022. The Bundeswehr is currently training Slovakian soldiers on the Leopard 2A4 main battle tank in Münster. , (Philip Schulze/DPA AP, via file).
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Meanwhile, the UK announced on Saturday plans to send 14 of its Challenger 2 main battle tanks as well as other advanced artillery support to Ukraine in the coming weeks. The move prompted a quick rebuttal from Russia, which warned that the tanks would “burn”.
“They’re using this country [Ukraine] As a tool to achieve their anti-Russian goals, ”Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said when asked about the British tanks.
Peskov said, “These tanks are burning and will burn like the rest of the tanks.”
Peskov said the new supplies from countries such as Britain and Poland would not change the situation on the ground, but was an attempt to defuse the conflict, which he said would ultimately bring “more troubles” on Ukraine.
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Russia invaded Ukraine in February last year and there is no clear end to the war yet.
Brutality continues to ravage Ukrainian cities as the Kremlin now casts the war as an existential battle with an aggressive and arrogant West – and has said Russia will defend itself and its people against any enemy. Will use all available means.
On Sunday, the Ukrainian city of Dnipro suffered the deadliest civilian incident in Moscow’s three-month campaign of missile attacks on various towns. The death toll from the Russian missile attack rose to 40 on Monday – and dozens more are missing.
“The world must stop being evil,” Zelensky wrote on Twitter in the wake of the attack.
“We are fighting for every person, every life. We will find everyone involved in terror. Everyone will have a responsibility. Extremely.”
With Reuters files
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