"We have been very thankful to Australia for the APCs as well as for the armoured personnel vehicles, such as Bushmasters," he said. There was also pressure from fellow European neighbours, such as Poland, to approve the re-export of Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine."Tanks are used for offensive, and we need to go counteroffensive on the Russians to be able to expel them from Ukraine."Īustralia has been providing Bushmaster armoured vehicles to Ukraine, which Mr Myroshnychenko said Kyiv was thankful for.īut he said they were "discussing different options" with the Australian government to provide further support. It was heavily criticised for this, notably by President Zelenskyy. It chose instead to offer non-lethal equipment, like combat helmets. In a speech to the Bundestag on 25 January, Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced that Germany would finally send 14 Leopard 2A tanks to Ukraine and would also allow other countries to re-export theirs if they wished to do so.īerlin was initially hesitant to pledge heavy weapons deliveries, citing concerns about potentially escalating the conflict. “If you're a Ukrainian fighting on the front lines, seeing your buddies getting killed and maimed the ‘cheque’s in the mail' approach is probably particularly dissatisfying for them especially when they understand that they literally are on the frontier of freedom, fighting for all of us.” Fear of provocation 20, 2023 Evan Vucci/Copyright 2023 The AP.
US President Joe Biden, left, shakes hands with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at Mariinsky Palace during an unannounced visit in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, Feb.
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