NATO and defense leaders from some 50 countries have failed to agree on supplying coveted German Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine in the face of threats from Russia that such a move could escalate the conflict. 

And while Ukraine maintains hope it will eventually get the battle vehicles, officials in Kyiv say their soldiers would begin training on them. 

Benji Hyer reports.

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