Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from NATO

Explainer-How to correctly re-export German tanks

Poland and several other countries have said they want to supply Ukraine with German-made Leopard 2 tanks for its defence against Russia but German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has held back so far from sending them or allowing other NATO countries to do so.

Reuters

Latest on Ukraine: Waiting for Germany's Leopard tanks (Jan. 23)

Catch up on key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

WEKU

Message to Olaf Scholz: send tanks to Ukraine now – and lay the path for a negotiated peace

The German chancellor should be bold, but even then there will never be ‘total victory’: the best hope is a ceasefire and a deal, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

The Guardian - UK

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Russia expels ambassador from Nato member Estonia after it calls for Ukraine to get German tanks

Move comes after Estonian bid to reduce the size of the Russian embassy in capital Tallinn

The Independent UK

Pavel leads ahead of Czech vote; opponent plays on war fears

Retired general and former NATO official Petr Pavel led billionaire ex-prime minister Andrej Babis by a double-digit margin ahead of a Czech presidential election run-off vote, two final polls showed on Monday.

Reuters

NATO secretary general 'planning to visit Japan'

Jens Stoltenberg, NATO's secretary general, is planning to visit Japan as early as this month for talks with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, The Yomiuri Shimbun has learned from several NATO officials.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

NATO's Baltic States, Russia remove ambassadors as diplomatic relations downgraded

NATO and EU members Estonia and Latvia told their Russian ambassadors to leave after Moscow said it was downgrading diplomatic relations with Estonia, accusing it of "total Russophobia."

Reuters

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

MPs urge German defence minister to allow Ukraine to use German-made battle tanks

A pledging conference in Germany on Friday ended without a commitment by Western allies to send more battle tanks to Ukraine

Evening Standard

Germany Signals Shift in Veto on Leopard Tanks for Ukraine

Germany would not stand in the way if Poland wants to send its Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine, Germany's foreign minister said, signaling a possible breakthrough for Ukraine as it tries to bolster its forces ahead of an expected new Russian offensive. Eleven months after Russia invaded its southern neighbor,…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Berlin not blocking export of tanks to Ukraine, EU diplomat says

Germany is not blocking the re-export of Leopard tanks to Ukraine, the European Union's top diplomat said on Monday, after Poland vowed to send some as long as other countries did too.

Reuters

‘Free the leopards!’: Tank dispute heightens Germany’s isolation over Ukraine

Allies criticise Scholz over reluctance to allow German-made heavy armour to be used in fight against Russia

Financial Times

MPs urge Germany’s defence minister to allow use of German-made tanks in Ukraine

A pledging conference in Germany on Friday ended without a commitment by Western allies to send more battle tanks to Ukraine.

The Independent UK

Russia advances towards two towns in Ukraine’s Zaporizhia region

Moscow’s forces push towards the Ukrainian towns of Orikhiv and Hulyaipole, according to Russian state media reports.

Al Jazeera

Brit ex-NATO chief brands Germany's refusal to send tanks to Ukraine 'pathetic'

General Sir Richard Shirreff, a former NATO chief from Britain, accused Olaf Scholz' government of 'ducking its responsibilities

Daily Mirror

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russia Official Warns West of Destruction for Arming Ukraine

The speaker of Russia's parliament warned Sunday that countries supplying Ukraine with more powerful weapons risked their own destruction, a message that followed new pledges of armored vehicles, air defense systems and other equipment but not the battle tanks Kyiv requested. "Supplies of offensive weapons to the Kyiv regime would…

The Independent UK

Russia official warns West of destruction for arming Ukraine

The Russian parliament speaker has warned that countries supplying Ukraine with more powerful weapons risked their own destruction

The Guardian - UK

Germany ‘would not stand in way’ of Poland sending tanks to Ukraine, says minister

Annalena Baerbock makes clearest signal yet that European allies could deliver German-made hardware

The Conversation

A call for peace: Why Canada should tone down demands for Russian regime change

In late 2022, a frightening escalation occurred in the war in Ukraine. During a large Russian bombardment operation, a missile struck the Polish city of Prezewodów, six kilometres from the Ukrainian border, killing two civilians.

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Independent UK

Foreign Secretary would like to see Ukrainians equipped with German tanks

James Cleverly said it is for ‘every sovereign government to decide how they are best able to support the Ukrainians as a member of Nato’.

Asharq Al-Awsat

UK Says it Still Wants Ukraine to Get German-Made Tanks

Britain still wants an international deal to provide Ukraine with the German-made tanks that Kyiv says it needs in its fight against Russia but whose transfer needs Germany's consent, British foreign minister James Cleverly said on Sunday. Western allies pledged billions of dollars in weapons for Ukraine last week, although…

Reuters

UK says it still wants Ukraine to get German-made tanks

Reuters

Putin ally says West's deliveries of new weapons to Kyiv will lead to global catastrophe

A close ally of President Vladimir Putin said on Sunday that deliveries of offensive weapons to Kyiv that threaten Russia's territories will lead to a global catastrophe and make arguments against using weapons of mass destruction untenable.

The Guardian - UK

Ukraine is fighting for all of us. Now Europe must fight Putin too

As Russia threatens another offensive, this is the moment of maximum danger. Ukraine’s allies must move fast and decisively

The Guardian - UK

The Observer view on Belarus’s rogue regime and its ties to Russia

As Belarus’s democratically elected president is tried for treason in absentia, she demands deeper sanctions on the brutal regime

Tribune News Service

Turkey cancels Swedish minister visit in fresh Quran tension

Turkey canceled next week’s visit by Swedish Defense Minister Pal Jonson as tension flared over permission given by Stockholm for a public burning of Islam’s holy book Quran.

1 … 407 408 409 410

People

Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya

121 stories

Petr Pavel

88 stories

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Weapons of mass destruction

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.