Ukraine may also get old Leopard 1 tanks from German stocks

A Leopard 1 tank (Eckehard Schulz/AP)

Ukraine could add old Leopard 1 battle tanks from German defence industry stocks to deliveries of modern tanks that Berlin and other governments pledged last week to counter Russian forces in the war.

German government spokesman Steffen Hebestreit confirmed on Friday that “export authorisation has been granted” but declined to give numbers or other details, saying they may become more concrete “in the coming days and weeks”.