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Officials urge Germany to permit supply of the Leopard tanks to Ukraine amid fears of a renewed Russian offensive.

Britain’s offer to send more than a dozen Challenger 2 tanks to Ukraine has increased pressure on Germany to do likewise with its coveted Leopard 2 battle tanks. But the German defence minister’s resignation on Monday, just days before a critical meeting at the US Air Base in Ramstein, Germany,…

UK is sending 14 tanks, and other countries may soon send more but experts say Kyiv needs about 100

Lambrecht has been blamed for failing to modernise the army and denounced over Berlin’s response to the Ukraine war.

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Berlin (AFP) - German Defence Minister Christine Lambrecht resigned on Monday after coming in for months of heavy criticism over Berlin's stuttering response to the war in Ukraine.

Germany’s much-criticized defense minister announced her resignation Monday, as her department steers the massive project of modernizing the country’s military and oversees expanding weapons deliveries to Ukraine. Christine Lambrecht said in a statement that she had submitted her resignation request to Chancellor Olaf Scholz, adding that “months of media focus…

Critics say she was not up to job of getting German army into shape against backdrop of Ukraine war

Some 2,700 leaders from 130 countries, including 52 heads of state and government, will be at the meeting in Davos.