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Russia has insisted that Western countries supplying additional tanks to Ukraine would not change the course of the conflict.
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said on Friday the tanks would only add to the problems of the Ukrainian people and would not stop Russia from achieving its military goals.
It follows the announcement at the weekend that the UK is to become the first nation to respond to president Volodymyr Zelensky’s call for modern Western tanks with the dispatch of 14 British Army Challenger 2s.
The UK’s bold move piled pressure on Germany to approve sending Leopard 2 battle tanks to Ukraine – hopes of which have been bolstered by support from Finland and Poland.
Since Berlin holds the licence for the tanks, Warsaw and Helsinki rely on the approval of German chancellor Olaf Scholz before their stocks can be sent to Kyiv.
Elsewhere, defence ministers and military chiefs from around 50 nations are participating in talks convened by US defence secretary Lloyd Austin at Ramstein - the main US airbase in Europe - in Germany.
