Macron and Scholz shamed as North Macedonia gives Ukraine ‘more’ tanks

In April, the Czech Republic became the first NATO country to supply Ukraine with tanks.

The German Government has also promised to send 15 Leopard 2 tanks to the Czech Republic in return, as part of the tank-swap scheme. But so far, this has not happened.

Ben Hodges, former commanding general of the U.S. Army in Europe said: “The tank is not just a rental car. Whenever you’re talking about transferring any sort of mechanized or armoured vehicles, you have to also think about spare parts, maintenance packages, training, fuel, ammunition … to make sure they can keep things running.”

Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, of the Bundestag defence committee, has urged Mr Scholz to drop his policy and start sending tanks to Ukraine directly.

She said: “We have to be brave and say: ‘Guys, let’s drop it and deliver directly to Ukraine.’”

Article source: https://www.express.co.uk/news/science/1648269/macron-scholz-north-macedonia-tanks-ukraine