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Germany should not interfere with other countries' military support for Ukraine, said German Vice Chancellor Robert Habeck.

This is how he responded to pressure from Poland to send its German-made Leopard battle tanks to Ukraine.

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Polish President Andrzej Duda wrote on Twitter that a decision had already been made to send a company of Leopard battle tanks to Ukraine "as part of building an international coalition." 

Poland wants to deliver German Leopard tanks to Ukraine

However, this is only possible if Germany agrees to the re-export of German-made weapons.

Ukraine has long insisted on the delivery of battle tanks.

According to Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, the longer this decision takes, the more people will die because of the lack of weapons in the Ukrainian army. 

The fighting in Donbas continues and Ukrainian forces hold the Donetsk region, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said.

Moscow continues to claim that it controls Soledar.

The Ministry of Defense of Belarus announced that a commission of the Russian Ministry of Defense, headed by the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Ground Forces Oleg Salyukov, visited Belarus to check the combat readiness of the joint forces stationed there. 

Contrary to earlier reports, Russia and Ukraine did not reach a new prisoner exchange agreement during talks in Turkey, Moscow's envoy told AFP. 

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