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(FILES) This file photo taken on May 20, 2019 shows soldiers next to a Leopard 2 A7 main battle tank of the German armed forces Bundeswehr while taking part in an educational practice of the "Very High Readiness Joint Task Force" (VJTF) as part of the NATO tank unit at the military training area in Munster, northern Germany. - Germany on January 25, 2023 approved the delivery of Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine, after weeks of pressure from Kyiv and many allies. Berlin will provide a company of 14 Leopard 2 A6 tanks from the Bundeswehr stocks and is also granting approval for other European countries to send tanks from their own stocks to Ukraine, a government spokesman said in a statement. (Photo by PATRIK STOLLARZ / AFP) (KEYSTONE/AFP/PATRIK STOLLARZ)