Earlier on Wednesday, Germany announced that it would donate Leopard armor to Ukraine. Germany’s condition for the donation of armor was that the United States would do the same.
25.1. 18:33•Updated 25.1. 19:30
President of the United States Joe Biden confirmed his country’s intention to send 31 M1 Abrams main battle tanks to support Ukraine.
The announcement was expected. In recent days, various media have published information from official sources, according to which the United States is planning to donate Abrams to Ukraine.
The journalist of the news agency Bloomberg said today, Wednesday, referring to his own sources, that the exact number would be exactly 31 tanks, with a total value of 400 million dollars.
The deployment of US armor in Ukraine would take several more months, sources tell the news channel to CNN (you will switch to another service).
The German armor announcement came on the same day
Donating battle tanks to Ukraine has been a difficult decision for both the United States and Germany, which confirmed earlier today that it was sending Leopard 2 battle tanks to Ukraine.
Behind closed doors, Germany had set the condition of sending Leopards that the United States also sends its Abrams to Ukraine.
In his speech, Biden thanked the German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on the Leopard decision and listed a long list of European countries that have recently promised Ukraine more arms aid.
He also mentioned the largest aid package announced by Finland last week and repeated his earlier remark that “Putin thought he would bring about the Finnishization of Europe, but he brought about the NATOization of Finland”.
Good news on Zelensky’s birthday
Minister of Defense of Ukraine It would be Reznikov said shortly before Biden’s speech on Twitter that there is good news to come.
He had spoken to the US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin’s with on the phone. According to Reznikov, the ministers discussed additional reinforcements of the Ukrainian army.
President Biden promised in his speech to the President of Ukraine to Volodymyr Zelenskyi the continuation of the unwavering and united support of the West. Biden remembered to mention that today is Zelensky’s birthday.
Sources: Reuters, AFP, AP