Ukraine’s successful counter-offensive is piling pressure on German chancellor Olaf Scholz to rethink his resistance to sending tanks to Kyiv, with even his own coalition partners calling the policy into question.
Scholz has maintained a cautious stance on arms deliveries to Ukraine, sending sophisticated artillery pieces and armoured vehicles as well as multiple rocket launchers but stopping short of providing battle tanks.
Defence minister Christine Lambrecht reiterated that line on Monday, saying that no other country was providing western-built tanks to the Ukrainian army “and we have reached an understanding with our partners that Germany won’t go it alone”.
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