In June, it was reported that Spain would provide the German-made main tank "Leopard-2A4" (Leopard 2A4) to Ukraine, but Germany did not agree.

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[Compiled by Chen Chengliang/Comprehensive Report] German Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht confirmed on the 8th that Germany will deploy several sets of IRIS-T air defense systems and transfer 100 combat vehicles from Greece and Slovakia through the "ring exchange" mode. Transfer to Ukraine.

Lambrett made the announcement when he traveled to Lithuania to visit German troops deployed there, CNN reported.

She also stressed that NATO must do more to protect itself from Russia and Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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Lambrett did not specify the model of the 100 aided Ukrainian chariots. According to German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in June, he had agreed to an agreement with Greece for Athens to send Soviet-era infantry fighting vehicles to Ukraine. In exchange for more modern weapons from Berlin.

Ukraine launched the "Kharkov Counteroffensive Operation" in early September and recovered more than 10,000 square kilometers. The offensive was unexpected.

However, this counterattack is actually a big gamble for Ukraine, because the Ukrainian army launched a "light armored blitzkrieg" launched by personnel carriers and infantry combat vehicles, and almost no main combat vehicles (MBT) participated, which was not what Ukraine wanted. , but the United States and Germany are reluctant to provide Western main tanks, and to this day, Ukraine is still striving for it.

There is a perception that the United States and Germany do not want to see their own MBTs lose on the battlefield.

Germany reiterated in September that it would not provide Ukraine with the "Leopard-2" MBT, stressing that no country has so far delivered a Western-made MBT.

However, the German government has approved the sale of 18 RCH-155 self-propelled guns to Ukraine in response to Kyiv's previous request, but the delivery will take place in 2025 at the earliest, which may be too slow for the Russian-Ukrainian war.