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WSJ - U.S. Leans Toward Providing Abrams Tanks to Ukraine = NOT GOOD
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[quote:Anonymous Coward 85088544:MV81MzQzNjEwXzk4NTk4MzUzXzk1ODg3QzE=] [quote:CharlieFoxtrot:MV81MzQzNjEwXzVEQUQzOTk2] [b]This now means that Germany and Poland will provide Leopard 2 tanks also. US was pushing Germany to provide tanks, Germany said only if you go first.[/b] WASHINGTON—The Biden administration is leaning toward sending a significant number of Abrams M1 tanks to Ukraine and an announcement of the deliveries could come this week, U.S. officials said. The announcement would be part of a broader diplomatic understanding with Germany in which Berlin would agree to send a smaller number of its own Leopard 2 tanks and would also approve the delivery of more of the German-made tanks by Poland and other nations. https://www.wsj.com/articles/poland-formally-requests-german-permission-to-send-tanks-to-ukraine-11674558492 [/quote] It doesn't say they're sending them ffs, it says they're leaning towards sending them... NOT the same thing. Any western tanks heading to Ukraine won't get there because the rail lines/bridges used for delivery will be blown up. [/quote]
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This now means that Germany and Poland will provide Leopard 2 tanks also. US was pushing Germany to provide tanks, Germany said only if you go first.
WASHINGTON—The Biden administration is leaning toward sending a significant number of Abrams M1 tanks to Ukraine and an announcement of the deliveries could come this week, U.S. officials said.
The announcement would be part of a broader diplomatic understanding with Germany in which Berlin would agree to send a smaller number of its own Leopard 2 tanks and would also approve the delivery of more of the German-made tanks by Poland and other nations.
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