Russia-Ukraine war: Germany must send tanks - The Australian Financial Review

Australia has made invaluable contributions to Ukraine’s war effort in prized Bushmaster vehicles and the training of soldiers.

The bottleneck is Berlin’s permission to send the Ukrainians some of the Leopard main battle tanks Germany has sold in large numbers to other European allies.

The British are sending some of their few Challenger 2 tanks to give Berlin some political cover, but it has not worked.

During the Cold War, Western powers stuck their necks out to keep West Berlin free against all manner of threats, allowing Germany to eventually reunite around its old capital.

Is Berlin really going to now shirk a difficult choice that would help preserve the freedom of others?