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This was stated on Saturday by the Deputy President of the Security Council of Russia, Dmitry Medvedev.
As he said, the defense of Ukraine, which nobody in Europe needs, will not help the "rotten Old World to avoid paying for its sins."

Berlin was expected to announce a decision on Wednesday on the export of powerful German-made Leopard battle tanks long sought by Kiev, and encouraged allies to start training Ukrainian forces to use them.

Western nations have pledged ever-more sophisticated military hardware in recent weeks to help Ukraine repel Russia's invasion, with all eyes in Kiev on the battle tanks.

The German government will not object if Poland decides to send Leopard 2 battle tanks to Ukraine, Germany's top diplomat said on Jan. 22, indicating movement on supplying weapons that Kiev has described as essential to its ability to fend off an intensified Russian offensive.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Jan. 20 there was "no alternative" but for the West to give Ukraine heavy tanks, as Germany failed to commit its sought-after Leopard vehicles to a possible spring offensive by Kiev.

Here are the highlights of events related to the war in Ukraine over the past 24 hours:

A group of 11 NATO countries pledged new military aid to Ukraine

A group of 11 NATO countries, including Britain and Poland, pledged new military aid to support Ukraine's war with Russia on Thursday, a day before a key arms meeting for Kyiv scheduled for Friday in Germany.

Representatives from 50 countries are set to gather in Germany on Jan. 20 to discuss support for the next stage of Ukraine's war against Russia, one day after the United States and European allies announced substantial new arms shipments.

Just to recall, Britain confirmed on Saturday that it will send 14 "Challenger 2" tanks to Ukraine in the coming weeks, as well as other means of artillery support.

Poland has decided to send German Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine.

This was announced by the Polish President Andrzej Duda during a meeting of the Lublin Triangle in Lviv, in which representatives of Poland, Lithuania and Ukraine take part, quoted by the Polish media RP.

Tanks are just one example of the kind of heavy weaponry that fleeing Russian forces have abandoned

The German government has published a list of weapons it will give to Ukraine. This coincided with the delivery of the 2000 tank howitzers.