I'm David Knowles, and this is Ukraine, the latest. Today, we bring you the latest developments

on the Leopard 2 saga, as Poland says it would seek Berlin's permission to send the

German-made tanks to Ukraine. Elsewhere, Roland Olefunt is on the ground in Kiev and talks

as through recent corruption scandals that have made the news in Ukraine. And Omnickels

looks at the new Russian commander, General Grasemovs, reported to drive to improve day-to-day

discipline by, among other things, clamping down on non-regulation records.

Putin's war in Ukraine has destabilized energy markets the world over. Nobody is going

to break us. We're strong. We're Ukrainians.

Every week day afternoon, we sit down with leading journalists from the Telegrosland newsroom

and our team is reporting on the ground to bring you the latest news and analysis on the

war in Ukraine. It's Monday, the 23rd of January, day 334. And to discuss the most recent

events in Ukraine and around the world, I'm joined by our associate editor, Dobrynichols,

our assistant comment editor, Francis Dernley, and our senior foreign correspondent, Roland

Olifunt. I started by asking Dom for the latest on the Leopard 2 tanks.

Yeah, sure. Hi, everybody. And hi, David. Great to have you back with us. Yeah, thanks.

Following on from the Ramstein contact group meeting last Friday, the U.S.

Secretary of State Lloyd Austin's hosted contact group of supply and military aid to Ukraine.

We were hoping there'd be a breakthrough in the permission from Germany to allow other

Leopard using nations to send their Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine. And indeed, to office

on themselves, but that didn't come. But today, there have been more moves in this.

So Germany's today has said it is quote, it will not quote, stand in the way, unquote,

if Poland wants to send their Leopard 2s to Ukraine. So this is Germany's foreign minister

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