The allies of Ukraine debate sending tanks.

As the Western allies of Ukraine gathered in Germany to consider bolstering their military backing, Russia claimed to have made battlefield advances.

The talks at the Ramstein Air Base come in response to warnings from the Ukrainian government that Russia is attempting to re-energize its invasion after suffering a run of setbacks recently.

Prior to the summit, the United States and Finland announced increased military assistance. The major topic of discussion was whether Germany would permit militaries throughout Europe to send Leopard 2 tanks built in Germany to Ukraine.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the president of Ukraine, addressed the gathering via video link and thanked allies for their assistance but stressed the urgent need for more aid.

We need to move more quickly, Zelenskyy remarked. We need to use time as a weapon. Kremlin must fall short.

Josep Borrell, the senior diplomat for the European Union, told reporters in Madrid that certain European nations were prepared to send heavy tanks and expressed his hope that such a decision would be made.

Berlin has veto authority over any decision to allow its tanks to be exported from nations that employ them, and Chancellor Olaf Scholz's administration is hesitant due to concerns that doing so would antagonize Russia.

Reporting from the conference, Step Vaessen stated that it is a "million-dollar question" whether Germany will send its Leopard 2 tanks.

The Leopard 2 tanks, which Ukraine claims it needs and desires in particular, have not been mentioned as a German contribution thus far, according to Vaessen.

According to Boris Pistorius, the new defense minister of Germany, no decision has yet been made.