Send your tanks now, Germany's Scholz tells allies in U-turn

Allies with available battle tanks should send them to Ukraine "now", German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has told the Munich Security Conference, speaking immediately after Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky.

"Those who can send such battle tanks should really do so now," Scholz said, adding that he would be "intensively campaigning" for allies to move on the issue. His call marked a dramatic reversal of roles as the German leader had for months been under pressure from allies to approve the delivery of German-made Leopard tanks to Ukraine.