"It was right, and it is important that we didn't let ourselves be driven" into the decision.īiden said European allies have agreed to send enough tanks to equip two Ukrainian tank battalions, or a total of 62 tanks. "This is the result of intensive consultations, once again, with our allies and international partners," Chancellor Olaf Scholz told German lawmakers. put its Abrams on the table, not wanting to incur Russia's wrath without the U.S. Germany had said the Leopards would not be sent unless the U.S. decision follows Germany agreeing to send 14 Leopard 2 A6 tanks from its own stocks. Complete coverage of the war in Ukraine.will send 31 M1 Abrams tanks, reversing months of persistent arguments by Washington that they were too difficult for Ukrainian troops to operate and maintain. Germany and the United States said Wednesday they will send tanks to Ukraine, the first stage of a co-ordinated effort by the West to provide dozens of the heavy weapons to help Kyiv break battlefield stalemates as Russia's invasion enters its 12th month.
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