Zelensky said that the supply of several dozen tanks to Ukraine “will not solve the problem”

A possible decision by Western countries to send several dozen tanks to Ukraine will not significantly change the situation. Such a statement done President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky in an interview with ARD.

“When the Russian army is against us, which has a thousand tanks, not a single country decides that they give 10 tanks, 20, 50 solves the problem,” said the Ukrainian leader (quote according to RIA Novosti).

According to him, the supply of tanks “motivate” the armed forces of Ukraine (AFU).

On January 15, Great Britain announced the transfer of Challenger 2 tanks to Ukraine. At the same time, Kyiv has repeatedly asked the United States and Germany to send weapons. Washington bye does not consider necessary to supply Ukraine with Abrams tanks, the Pentagon said on January 19. Leopard 2 tanks are in no hurry to transfer to Kyiv and Berlin.

It was expected that a decision on the supply of tanks to Kyiv could be made on January 20 at a meeting of the Contact Group on Defense Support to Ukraine at the American Ramstein Air Force Base in Germany. However, this Did not happen. For their export to Kyiv, Berlin, as a manufacturer, has repeatedly refused to give consent either from its stocks or from the countries where they were previously delivered.

Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki criticized position of Germany and stated that Poland was ready to donate part of its modern weapons without the participation of the FRG. Later at the German Foreign Office declaredthat they will not interfere if Warsaw supplies Kyiv with the Leopard 2 tanks it has.

Earlier, Poland declared its readiness to supply Kyiv with 14 Leopard 2s promised to it by Berlin without the consent of the German authorities. In Germany, they noted that the transfer of tanks without her permission would be illegal.