After many discussions and pressures throughout the week, Germany will end up sending its Leopard 2 tanks to the Ukrainian army, but not only because other European countries have already announced that they will ship their tanks and EE.UU. They will also ship Abrams tanks, as military sources have explained to the media The Wall Street Journal.

Thus, the German government will send war tanks to Ukraine under the umbrella of a wider European and US operation. The news has been filtered by Der Spiegel and, apparently, on Wednesday Chancellor Scholz will issue his prognosis when answering the most common questions in the Bundestage.

Other NATO and EU member countries have been pressing Germany for days to send Leopard 2 tanks in Donbass to combat the Russians. Poland officially requested Germany on Tuesday to deposit the tanks of that brand at its disposal, for which it needs the approval of the producer. In addition to Poland, other states have Leopard 2 and have announced their intention to send them to Ukraine in case of authorisation.

In particular, Germany announced earlier this week its authorisation. He will now announce that he will also send those he has in his arsenal.

Significant provocation

According to the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), the Ukrainian army would need at least one hundred Leopard 2 tanks to operate with tanks on the Donbass War Front, a figure that could be reached if eight countries surrender them.

Anatoli Antonov, Russia’s ambassador to EE.UU, pointed out through Telegram that this is a “notorious provocation” in the US. The United States has been refusing to send arms of this weight for months, but now they say they are going to radically change their minds and send Abrans tanks.

This decision has had a great influence on the German Government, according to La Vanguardia, and will now arrive in Ukraine with a certain image of unity the tanks, a escalation of war and a gift that can bring "unpredictable consequences".