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Germany facing pressure to approve leopard tanks for Ukraine
CBSN
Defense officials say one priority of Friday's Ukraine Defense Contact Group is pressuring Germany to give or allow other countries to commit German-made leopard tanks to Ukraine.
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is in Germany this week to meet with the country's new Defense Minister Boris Pistorious and to hold the eighth meeting of about 50 defense ministers to discuss capabilities to provide to Ukraine ahead of an expected Russian spring offensive.
On the sidelines of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group meeting on Friday, there is expected to be a meeting of more than 10 countries to discuss the issue of tanks.
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