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Why Germany will come under intense pressure at upcoming meeting on Ukraine

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A Leopard 2 battle tank at a factory in Munich in 2022. Germany’s state-of-the-art Leopard 2A7 tanks are crucial to the debate.

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- Defence leaders from 50 countries that are allied or supportive of Ukraine will be meeting on Thursday at a US air force base in Germany to discuss further weapon deliveries to the Ukrainian military.

US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Mark Milley, who will jointly host this so-called Ukraine Defence Contact Group meeting, have refused to enter into specifics on the discussions.

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