Further territorial gains would be an important bargaining chip in negotiations with Moscow about a possible cease-fire. Kyiv wants to use the momentum on the battlefield and beat back the Russian attackers as far as possible. Now, once again and at short notice, the German government is being asked to send modern Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine. The alleged military superpower Russia, with its endless supply possibilities of guns, tanks and fighter planes, faced Ukrainian forces that have for months been pleading every day for weapons from the West to allow them to keep fighting. Russian troops were surprised by the Ukrainian army's recent success in eastern Ukraine - but so was the West, including the German government, which had hardly expected Ukrainian forces would advance so rapidly. Ukraine wants German Leopard 2 tanks Image: Courtesy Canadian Armed Forces/REUTERS
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