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Old 14th Jan 2023, 11:37
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Originally Posted by Beamr
It is now confirmed, UK will send Challenger 2's to Ukraine

Hopefully this'll lead to Germany releasing the Leopards.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-64274755
I think there's an excellent chance of that happening with Poland/Finland/Spain - plus another two I don't recall - keen to do so, and the Ramstein summit gives them an excellent opportunity to pressure Scholz if necessary. There's a lot of speculation in the German press that's he's ready to drop his opposition as even his deputy - Habeck - has said openly that it should be permitted. He has previously said he wanted it to be as part of a "coalition", so GB plus these others ought to give him enough back-covering if he's still concerned about that.

EDIT: One does , of course, have to expect a Russian announcement some time next week that they have destroyed all of the Challengers.
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