The Pentagon has said there was no link between the decision to send the Abrams and Germany’s decision to send the Leopards. Last week, news reports said German officials didn’t want to commit the Leopard 2 to Ukraine until the United States agreed to send Abrams tanks. This includes Challenger tanks from Great Britain, and Germany announced Wednesday that it will send a number of its Leopard 2 tanks.

Ukraine also will receive other battle tanks in the coming weeks that are expected to help them fend off invading Russian forces. “We are trying to get the training set up but … where that’s going to be and when, I just don’t have that.” War Tank SVG Military Vehicle SVG Army T-Shirt Illustration Drawing Vinyl. “We just don’t have a timeline,” Singh said. Shop for the best drawing battle tank from our collection of exclusive. A group of Ukrainians are now at Fort Sill, Okla., learning how to operate the Patriot missile defense system. The Defense Department has not announced where Ukrainian troops will be trained on the tanks, but officials have said it will occur somewhere outside Ukraine. That is why he recommended to the president that we provide the Abrams.” That said, following the contact group meeting … Secretary came away from those conversations feeling that we needed to provide a long-term commitment to Ukraine.

“It is going to be a challenge to sustain and maintain these tanks. “ position when it came to the Abrams has not changed,” she said.

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