It is reported that German Chancellor Scholz said in an interview recently that Germany is not preparing to deliver tank to Ukraine because this will lead to an escalation of tension between Russia and NATO .
Why does Germany, which has always supported aid to Ukraine, say "no"? Why have some European countries been negative about aid to Ukraine recently? on related topics, military observer Du Wenlong will provide you with in-depth analysis.
As the conflict between Russia and Ukraine further escalates, Ukraine continues to shout out to the West, calling for military assistance to it, and calls for Germany to provide "Minky" infantry fighting chariots and "Leopard" main battle tanks. However, Germany never agreed. Military observer Du Wenlong analyzed that Ukraine urgently needs main battle tanks from Germany or other NATO countries to make up for the shortcomings of ground combat capabilities.
Du Wenlong:
In the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, the United States provided Ukraine with a large number of air and long-range weapons and equipment, which greatly improved Ukraine's fire strike, electronic confrontation, reconnaissance and other capabilities, but compared with Russian ground armored combat forces, Ukraine still has serious "shortcomings".
Ukraine believes that if we can obtain the "Leopard 2A4" or "Leopard 2A6" tank from Germany, the "Challenger-2" tank from Britain, and the "M1A1" main battle tank from the United States, we can form an advantage over Russia in armored operations and change our own disadvantages in ground combat operations.
Data picture: German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (Source: Xinhua News Agency)
German Chancellor Scholz was recently asked by the media about "why refuse to provide tanks to Ukraine", he said, "We have provided a large number of very effective weapons to Ukrainians ", and Germany "really did a lot." Military observer Du Wenlong believes that Germany's surface rejection is actually waiting and watching, reflecting Germany's relatively cautious attitude in the Russian-Ukrainian conflict.
Du Wenlong:
Germany has a negative attitude towards providing the "Leopard" main battle tank to Ukraine, but Germany also stated that if a country takes the lead in providing the tank to Ukraine, Germany will provide its own "Leopard" main battle tank.
Germany's attitude is not "not providing", but "not providing first". It is not difficult to see that Germany has maintained a relatively cautious attitude and does not want to be a "leading bird" in aid to Ukraine.
Data shows that in the past few months, military aid to Ukraine has been decreasing from many major European countries (Germany, France, Britain, Spain, Italy, Poland ). Military observer Du Wenlong believes that some European countries have realized that such aid will not help the country, but will instead put themselves in economic and energy difficulties.
Du Wenlong:
At present, the initiative in the conflict between Russia and Ukraine under the United States is not in the hands of Europe. If European countries provide a large amount of weapons and equipment to Ukraine, it may be that they spend money to buy domestic turmoil, the domestic economy will decline seriously, and the continued coldness of the severe winter season.
In Europe, the air of "fatigue and division" is generally permeated. What exactly can aid to Ukraine bring to Western countries? This is the biggest question. So at present, European countries have entered a relatively calm period in providing weapons and equipment to Ukraine.
I think that the United States currently has two goals in the Russian-Ukrainian conflict: one is to weaken Russia through "agents", and the other is to re-control, shape and dominate Europe by provoking tensions between Russia and Western countries and NATO countries. In this state, it is clear who is the "chess piece".
column editor: Gu Wanquan Text editor: Lu Xiaochuan Title picture source: Xinhua News Agency Data picture Photo editor: Xiang Jianying
Source: Author: China Radio and Military
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