The first American Abrams tanks have arrived in Ukraine, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced this Monday, welcoming the “good news.”
“The Abrams are already in Ukraine and are preparing to reinforce our brigades,” Zelensky wrote on the Telegram social network.
The delivery of these battle tanks to Kiev was announced last week by US President Joe Biden during a visit by Zelensky to the White House, where the Ukrainian head of state went to request additional support for the counteroffensive that attempts to liberate the occupied territories. for kyiv Russia.
“Next week, the first American Abrams tanks will be delivered to Ukraine,” Biden said last Thursday, in the presence of the Ukrainian president, who was making his second visit to Washington since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
Biden also announced a new military assistance package for kyiv, estimated by the Pentagon to be worth around 300 million euros.
The United States has promised a total of 31 Abrams tanks to Ukraine, equipped with 120mm depleted uranium shells, which are highly effective against armored equipment but are also controversial due to toxic risks to the military and the public.
Source: TSF
