NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on Tuesday that "lasting peace" in Ukraine will only happen if it is clear Russia "will not win on the battlefield," amid pressure from allies to send German Leopard tanks to Ukraine.
Speaking in Berlin alongside German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius, Stoltenberg called for heavier and more advanced weaponry for Ukrainian forces at a quicker pace.
He said this would help their troops not just to "survive" but to take back territory.
Poland had said Monday it would ask Berlin for permission to send German-built Leopard tanks to Ukraine as its Western allies move to supply Kyiv with more powerful military hardware to thwart Russia’s invasion.
Stoltenberg defended the level of German military support throughout the course of the war, saying it was "saving lives in Ukraine every day".
Ukraine says tanks -- and especially the Leopards -- are vital to its war effort.
Both sides’ battlefield positions are mostly deadlocked during winter, with new ground offensives expected in the spring.
Russia’s forces are much larger than Ukraine’s, so Kyiv wants to gain an advantage in weaponry and fuller backing from its Western allies.
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