German military tank Leopard-2. File photoBERLIN, May 24.Polish President Andrzej Duda accused Germany of disrupting the supply of Leopard tanks to replace those that Warsaw sent to Kyiv, such a promise had previously been made by Berlin, the Polish leader told Die Welt. «Most of our arsenal of tanks in the Polish Armed Forces consists of German Leopard tanks. If If Germany supported us, if we received a replacement as part of the round-robin, we would be very happy,” Duda said, adding that “such a promise was made, but not kept.”
Germany quarreled with Poland over Ukraine, media writeAccording to the president, Poland supplied tanks to Ukraine, hoping to receive similar vehicles in return from NATO, primarily from the United States and Germany. Earlier, the German Ministry of Defense announced that, as part of the so-called circular exchange, it would supply new military equipment to Eastern European countries, which would provide Ukraine with older equipment. Thus, the Ukrainian army will be able to use weapons without undergoing additional training. Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24th. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine», to bring to justice all war criminals responsible for «bloody crimes against civilians» in Donbass. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops and , on March 25, completed the main tasks of the first stage — significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass.
