Polish leaders meet, discuss further support for Ukraine

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s President Andrzej Duda has met with the prime minister and some of his ministers to discuss security issues amid the war in neighboring Ukraine, including Kyiv’s request for delivery of Western-made heavy battle tanks. A national security official said after the meeting Monday that decisions were taken regarding further support for Ukraine, but did not elaborate. Earlier, a presidential aide said that Ukraine’s request for German-made Leopard 2 tanks which Poland, among other countries, uses, would be on the agenda. Poland’s leaders had stressed that, should Warsaw decide to hand over a small number of tanks, it would only be within a wider international coalition of countries that have the Leopards.