The first American Abrams tanks promised by the US to Ukraine have arrived at their destination, writes The New York Times with reference to sources in the Pentagon.
Cited sources claim that the first batch of Abrams tanks has arrived in Ukraine, but did not want to specify how many of the 31 tanks promised to Kyiv by President Joe Biden in January were included in this first batch.
At the same time, Pentagon sources say that more Abrams tanks will be sent to Ukraine in the coming months.
This news is not completely unexpected, even President Biden said last Friday that the Ukrainian military will receive Abrams tanks this week.
“Next week, the first American Abrams tanks will be delivered to Ukraine,” said the leader of the Democrats in the White House in the presence of the Ukrainian president, who made his second visit to Washington since the beginning of the Russian invasion last year.
Biden also assured Zelenskyi that the legislature in Washington will continue to vote for military support for Ukraine, despite the fact that the election campaign for next year’s elections has begun in the United States and some candidates are trying to campaign on the supply of weapons. topic.
Currently, the Ukrainian army has 3 main models of Western-made tanks
About 200 Ukrainian servicemen were trained at American military bases in Germany to operate Abrams tanks, during the training a joint military exercise was also conducted, which simulates actions with battalion forces.
Earlier, Politico, citing its own sources, wrote that the first batch of 10 Abrams tanks will arrive in Ukraine in mid-September.
All 31 Abrams tanks promised by the USA to Ukraine were already in Germany back in May, they were sent here to train Kyiv soldiers.
The Abrams tanks are the third model of heavy battle tank that Ukraine is receiving, after Challenger 2 tanks received from Great Britain and Leopard 2 tanks provided by several NATO countries, in particular Poland and Germany.
They were joined by Leopard-1 tanks, the predecessors of the most modern Leopard model, but it is currently unknown how many units of this type Ukraine received, as many of them required repair and restoration before being sent into battle. .
The Ukrainian army also received several Soviet-made tanks that were extensively modernized in NATO countries after the collapse of the USSR, such as the M-55C model donated by Slovenia.
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Source: Hot News
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