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Germany will send 14 Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine.
The U.S. will deliver 31 M1 Abrams tanks.
The tanks will give Ukraine a powerful advantage over Russian battlefield hardware.
The U.S. will send 31 of its top-ranked M1 Abrams tanks and support vehicles to Ukraine, the Biden administration said today, bolstering a German agreement earlier in the day to deliver 14 Leopard 2 A6 tanks, Europe’s most sophisticated battle tank, to Ukraine.
The tanks will give Ukrainian forces a significant battlefield advantage against Russia. Germany’s announcement allows Poland and other European nations to send a number of their Leopard tanks to Ukraine as well.
The decisions end weeks of negotiation among Ukrainian and European leaders, some of whom worried that sending tanks to Ukraine would result in a Russian escalation of the war.
Ukraine has sought 300 tanks from its allies ahead of an anticipated Russian offensive in the spring and to regain territory seized by Russia after it invaded Feb.
