Ten of 31 promised U.S. tanks are expected to arrive in the country by mid-September.
The news comes as U.S. and Ukrainian officials said that Ukraine had penetrated Russia’s main defensive line for the first time in the country’s southeast, raising their hopes that Ukraine may be able to begin retaking significant territory. | Sergey Bobok/AFP/Getty ImagesA group of Ukrainian soldiers have completed a training program on U.S. M1 Abrams tanks, a lethal new weapon officials hope can help Kyiv break through Russia’s entrenched defenses.
Ukraine is slated to receive the first ten of 31 promised Abrams tanks in mid-September, according to a Defense Department official and another person familiar with the discussions, who like others interviewed for this story was granted anonymity to discuss sensitive plans. Western officials hope the arrival of the tanks will give Kyiv’s forces the edge they need to push through Russia’s fierce defenses in their grueling counteroffensive.
The news comes as U.S. and Ukrainian officials said that Ukraine had penetrated Russia’s main defensive line for the first time in the country’s southeast, raising their hopes that Ukraine may be able to begin retaking significant territory. Joint Chiefs Chair Gen. Mark Milley spoke Thursday with his Ukrainian counterpart, Gen. Valerii Zaluzhnyi, to discuss the war, according to a press release from Milley’s office.
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