Western unity is critical, but Ukraine needs more than tanks to win this war
by Dan Sabbagh, Defence and security editor from World news | The Guardian on (#686AX)
Washington joins Berlin in agreeing to send tanks - but offer will only go so far to keep Russians at bay
It has felt like an interminable wait, but in fact Germany's hesitation over Leopard 2 tanks lasted only a few days. Berlin has got what it wanted - more cover from the US - although it had to pretend at one point it didn't want it.
With Washington agreeing, in principle, to send some of its gas-guzzling Abrams tanks at some point, chancellor Olaf Scholz has scored a diplomatic victory. Berlin is now not alone in sending homemade tanks to Ukraine and can portray itself as not simply being bullied into agreement.
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