US President Joe Biden confirms that Kyiv will receive 31 Abrams M1 tanks from Washington. He announced this during an appeal regarding further support for Ukraine..

" Abrams tanks are the wealthiest tanks in the world,” said the American leader.

He also announced that the States would start training Ukrainian fighters to use these weapons as soon as possible so that our state could use them effectively on the battlefield..

“In order to deliver these tanks, it takes time, and during this time we need to make sure that the Ukrainians can fully integrate new capabilities into their defense,” Biden said..

In addition, the US President confirmed that our defenders will receive two battalions of German Leopard 2 main battle tanks from European states, probably referring to 80 units of this equipment.. He added:

"

[see_also ids\u003d"

Recall that on January 25, Germany announced the provision of Leopard 2 A6 to our state. The German government also gave permission to other states to supply Ukraine with their own German-made tanks..

Earlier, the head of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the US House of Representatives, Michael McCall, said that sending at least one Abrams tank to Ukraine could motivate other countries to transfer Leopard 2 tanks to the Ukrainian Armed Forces..