Poland is urging other EU states with Leopard-class tanks to send them to Ukraine after Germany softened its position on re-export.
"Yes. Certainly we're going to send these tanks," Polish foreign minister Zbigniew Rau told press in Brussels on Monday (23 January) after meeting his EU peers.
"We will do it," he said, when asked if it had already applied for Germany's permission to do so.
German foreign minister Annalena Baerbock said little on the subject to press.
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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.