DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) ā The Latest on the World Economic Forum gathering in Davos, Switzerland:
Polish President Andrzej Duda is predicting that the German government will agree one day to send powerful Leopard tanks to Ukraine, citing Germanyās membership in NATO and rising public support for Ukrainians beleaguered by Russiaās war.
The Polish leader quipped during a panel at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Tuesday: āWe donāt mention that Ukraine will win this war, we mention that Ukraine will not lose this war,ā before chuckling.
His Lithuanian counterpart, Gitanas Nauseda, quickly replied: āI mention that Ukraine will win this war.ā
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy have been clamoring for more supplies of Western weaponry like tanks and air defense systems nearly a year into the war.
Duda said it was an āimportant momentā that NATO members, like Britain have vowed to send modern tanks to Ukraine, which could affect the thinking of Chancellor Olaf Scholzās government.
Scholz, who is speaking at Davos on Wednesday, has said Germany will āweigh every step carefullyā and consult with its allies on further weapons deliveries to Ukraine.
Duda also said German public opinion was becoming āstronger and stronger and strongerā in favor of Ukraine, and he hoped that would result in the āvery needed decisionā to send Leopards to Ukraine.
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