25, that Germany would be sending 14 Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine. “Trust me, trust the government,” German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said when he announced, on Jan. The 93 percent accuracy the first group achieved in its final live-fire exercise suggests the tanks are in good hands. “I’ve never seen a more motivated group,” a Norwegian trainer told me. There were fears that Ukrainian soldiers were not trained to use the tanks, and that the mighty-and expensive-machines might be wasted. It took a lot of asking, a lot of public pressure, and a lot of agonizing among the donors before the tanks were confirmed. After months of waiting, Leopards 2, powerful German-built main battle tanks, are finally arriving in Ukraine.
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