Biden: First US Abrams tanks to arrive in Ukraine next week
- US President Biden announced that the first delivery of Abrams tanks to Ukraine will take place next week, along with other security assistance such as air defense missiles, ammunition, and anti-tank weapons. This follows the promise made earlier this year to provide 31 Abrams tanks to Kyiv.
- The aid package also includes 155mm rounds containing cluster munitions, as well as 120mm armor-piercing depleted uranium rounds. The decision to provide Abrams tanks to Ukraine was a shift in policy by American defense officials.
- Biden approved the next installment of security assistance for Ukraine, valued at $325 million. The aid package also includes anti-tank weapons.
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Joe Biden assured Volodymyr Zelensky that important American support for the war against Russian invaders would be maintained, despite opposition from some Republican lawmakers to sending billions of dollars in additional aid. “Mr. President, we are with you, we stand by you,” Biden told his Ukrainian counterpart after two hours of talks. Zelensky thanked him for the new $325 million military aid package consisting of weapons and air defense equ…
Joe Biden assured Zelensky that the first Abrams tanks would arrive in Ukraine next week
U.S. President Joe Biden assured Volodymyr Zelensky, who is visiting Washington on Thursday, about the continued support of the United States and said there was no “alternative” for Congress other than a vote in favor of continuing aid to Ukraine. The US leader also said that the first Abrams tanks will arrive in Ukraine “next week”.
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