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(FILES) This file photo taken on May 12, 2017 shows German soldiers on Lepard tanks arriving for a friendship shooting of several nations during the exercise 'Strong Europe Tank Challenge 2017' at the military training area in Grafenwoehr, near Eschenbach, southern 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 Christof STACHE / AFP) (KEYSTONE/AFP/CHRISTOF STACHE)