The West's ‘indecision' is killing our people: Ukraine

Following Germany's decision to stall supply of Leopard tanks to Ukraine, Ukraine has said “global indecision” was “killing more of our people.”

“Today’s indecision is killing more of our people,” Ukrainian presidential adviser Mykhailo Podolyak wrote on Twitter on Saturday.

“Every day of delay is the death of Ukrainians. Think faster,” he urged the western leaders..

Some 50 countries agreed on Friday to supply Ukraine with billions of dollars’ worth of military hardware, including armoured vehicles and munitions to help Kyiv fight back against invading Russian forces.

Germany has been under considerable pressure to provide the Leopard tanks, but following the meeting, German defence minister Boris Pistorius said, “We still cannot say when a decision will be taken, and what the decision will be, when it comes to the Leopard tank.”

Ukraine has been pleading for German-made Leopard 2 tanks. Several allies echoed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in saying the tanks were essential to Ukraine’s fight with its much larger neighbour.

On Saturday, Latvian foreign minister Edgars Rinkevics tweeted a joint statement of the foreign ministers of the three Baltic states, urging Germany “to provide Leopard tanks to Ukraine now”.

“This is needed to stop Russian aggression, help Ukraine and restore peace in Europe quickly,” said a message tweeted by Rinkevics.

“Germany as the leading European power has special responsibility in this regard.”