The US defence secretary, Lloyd Austin, told reporters no German decision had been made to send tanks to Ukraine, despite Ukraine's president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, urging Nato partners to provide them. Speaking at Germany's US Ramstein airbase, he said: 'What we're really focussed on is making sure that Ukraine has the capability that it needs to be successful right now.' He added that Poland was willing to provide tanks if other allies followed suit.
On Thursday, a senior Pentagon official said the US wasn't at the point where it would be willing to send Abrams tanks to Ukraine, but has continued to urge Germany to send its Leopard 2s
Russia-Ukraine war live: Moscow warns west will ‘regret’ sending military aid as Zelenskiy pleads with Germany and allies to send tanks