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Germany has a special historical responsibility towards Ukraine

And should lead a coordinated European 'Leopard Plan' to send modern battle tanks to the embattled east European democracy. Now.

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Timothy Garton Ash
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This commentary anticipates tomorrow’s Ukraine defence contact group meeting in Germany. It first appeared in the Guardian online, and will shortly appear in German in the Taggesspiegel, and in a number of other European papers. If sharing on social media, please use the Guardian link: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jan/18/germany-histor…

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