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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz stands with German army Bundeswehr soldiers at a "Leopard 2" main battle tank during a training and instruction exercise in Ostenholz, Germany, Monday, Oct. 17, 2022. Scholz is expected to announce Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023, that his government will approve supplying German-made battle tanks to Ukraine. (Moritz Frankenberg/dpa via AP, File)

After U.S. offer, Germany unleashes Leopard tanks for Ukraine

By Frank Jordans - Associated Press

An M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tank with 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, fires its 120 mm smoothbore cannon during a live-fire event as part of Exercise Eager Lion 2015 in Jordan, May 9, 2015. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Devin Nichols/Released)

U.S. to send 31 Abrams tanks to Ukraine to help fend off invading Russia in major policy reversal

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Polish soldiers assigned to the 11th Armored Lubuska Cavalry Division gather around the recently removed Abrams M1A2 System Enhancement Package version 3 tanks power pack during the Abrams Logistical Summit at Drawsko Pomorskie, Poland, Oct. 27, 2022. The 3-1 ABCT is proudly working alongside 1st Infantry Division, other NATO allies and regional security partners to provide combat-credible forces to V Corps, America's forward deployed corps in Europe. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Spc. Kevin T. Brown Jr.)

U.S., Germany set to send tanks to Ukraine in face of Russian assault

By Guy Taylor and Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz talks to German army Bundeswehr soldiers at a "Leopard 2" main battle tank during a training and instruction exercise in in Ostenholz, Germany, Monday, Oct. 17, 2022. Germany has become one of Ukraine's leading weapons suppliers in the 11 months since Russia's invasion. The debate among allies about the merits of sending battle tanks to Ukraine has focused the spotlight relentlessly on Germany, whose Leopard 2 tank is used by many other countries and has long been sought by Kyiv. (Moritz Frankenberg/dpa via AP, File)

Pressure grows on Germany to authorize tank shipment to break Ukraine war stalemate

By David R. Sands - The Washington Times

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks to participants of the Second Congress of Young Scientists at Sirius Park in Sochi, Russia, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022. (Mikhail Metzel, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Putin: Ukraine’s ‘aggression’ led to infrastructure attacks

By David R. Sands - The Washington Times

FILE - A winged 'Elmos rhinoceros' stands in front of the chip factory Elmos Semiconductor SE offices in Dortmund, Germany, on Nov. 8, 2022. China's government on Wednesday, Nov. 9, appealed to Germany to maintain access to its markets after the company said Berlin may block the sale of a computer chip factory to a Chinese-owned buyer amid tensions over technology and security. (Dieter Menne/dpa via AP, File)

Germany blocks Chinese-owned firm’s chip factory deal

By Geir Moulson - Associated Press

Chinese President Xi Jinping, right, and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz meet at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Friday, Nov. 4, 2022. (Kay Nietfeld/Pool Photo via AP)

China’s Xi urges Ukraine peace talks, warns against the conflict going nuclear

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Illustration on Russian diplomacy with Putin by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

What diplomacy with Putin would look like now

By Clifford D. May

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, left, stands besides Christian Bruch, CEO of Siemens Energy, at the turbine serviced in Canada for the Nordstream 1 natural gas pipeline in Muelheim an der Ruhr, Germany, Aug. 3, 2022. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz visited a plant by Siemens Energy where a turbine, which is at the center of a dispute between Germany and Russia over reduced gas supplies, is currently sitting in storage until it can be shipped to Russia. (Bernd Thissen/dpa via AP)

German leader says gas pipeline part is ready for Russia

By Geir Moulson - Associated Press

Police forces drive to Elmau near Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany Monday, June 27, 2022. The G-7 leaders will begin Monday's session of their three-day summit with a focus on Ukraine. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

Live updates | Erdogan adamant on Sweden, Finland NATO bids

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

A view of the secluded Schloss Elmau luxury hotel in Elmau, Germany, Sunday, June 26, 2022, where President Joe Biden and the other leaders of the Group of Seven, G-7, leading economic powers will attend their annual summit. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Live updates | G-7 nations seek to counter Chinese influence

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz speaks during an interview in his office at the Chancellery, in Berlin, Germany, Friday June 17, 2022. (Michael Kappeler/dpa via AP)

Scholz: G-7 will support Ukraine ‘for as long as necessary’

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French president visits Kyiv suburb, decries ‘massacre’

By David Keyton, John Leicester and Sylvie Corbet - Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council via videoconference in Moscow, Russia, Friday, May 27, 2022. (Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

European leaders press Putin on food crisis, call for diplomacy to end war in Ukraine

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, center, walks with South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa after the official welcoming ceremony at the Union Building in Pretoria, South Africa, Tuesday, May 24, 2022. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)

German chancellor discusses Ukraine war in South Africa

By Mogomotsi Magome - Associated Press

FILE - German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier gestures at a news conference during his meeting with Polish President Andrzej Duda in Warsaw, Poland, Tuesday, April 12, 2022. The German government signaled irritation Wednesday, April 13, 2022 at a diplomatic snub by Ukraine for the German president, but otherwise sought to sidestep tensions that have flared at a delicate moment in German policymaking on the war. Steinmeier, the largely ceremonial head of state, hoped to travel to Ukraine with his Polish and Baltic counterparts but said Tuesday that his presence “apparently ... wasn't wanted in Kyiv.” (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski, File)

Germany irritated by Ukraine’s snub of a presidential visit

By Geir Moulson - Associated Press

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz addresses a joint press conference with Ireland's Prime Minister following talks at the Chancellery in Berlin on February 22, 2022. (John MACDOUGALL /Pool Photo via AP)

Germany makes historic shift on defense after Russia invasion

By David R. Sands - The Washington Times

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz comments on the Russian attack on Ukraine during a press conference at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, Feb.22, 2022. Russian troops launched the expected attack on Ukraine on Thursday. (Michael Kappeler/dpa via AP)

Once-reluctant Germany boosts military in wake of Russian invasion

By David R. Sands - The Washington Times

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz waits for Ireland's Prime Minister Micheal Martin at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

Ukraine-Russia: Germany takes steps to halt Nord Stream 2

By Frank Jordans - Associated Press

A Russian construction worker speaks on a mobile phone during a ceremony marking the start of Nord Stream pipeline construction in Portovaya Bay some 170 kms (106 miles) north-west from St. Petersburg, Russia on April 9, 2010. Fears are rising about what would happen to Europe's energy supply if Russia were to invade Ukraine and then shut off its natural gas in retaliation for U.S. and European sanctions. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky) **FILE**

Biden vows to spike German pipeline if Russia strikes Ukraine

By Jeff Mordock and Dave Boyer - The Washington Times