Soon after the Russian invasion began, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia and Greece began seeking deals with Germany to replace the Soviet-era tanks they were sending to Kyiv. But more than five months into the war, none of those deals have been completed. Roderich Kiesewetter, a CDU opposition politician and former German army officer, said on Thursday that the government’s proposal to supply Poland – which has sent 240 T-72 tanks to Ukraine – with just 20 Leopard 2 tanks in a period of several years. abominable”. The deal “breaks all trust” while Germany’s allies in Central and Eastern Europe “get too little and too late,” he told ARD television. Andrzej Duda, the Polish President, criticized the German government in May for breaking its promise to deliver the replacement tanks. “Germany has promised to supply these tanks – but you didn’t keep that promise. And, to be honest, Poland is very disappointed,” he told Welt.
