US, Germany poised to send tanks to Ukraine, answering Kyiv's pleas

Ukrainian servicemen fire a 2S7 Pion self-propelled gun toward Russian positions, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, on a frontline near Bakhmut in Donetsk region, Ukraine, on Jan 24.BERLIN/KYIV – US was expected to announce as soon as Wednesday that it will send heavy tanks to Ukraine, and Germany has decided to do the same, sources said, a reversal that Kyiv has said would reshape its war with Russia.

Just days after arguing against granting Kyiv's requests, Washington was ready to start a process that would eventually send M1 Abrams battle tanks to Ukraine, two US officials told Reuters on Tuesday.Meanwhile, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz had decided to send Leopard 2 battle tanks to Ukraine and allow other countries such as Poland to do so as well, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.

While there was no official confirmation from Berlin or Washington, officials in Kyiv hailed what they said was a potential game changer on the battlefield in a war that is now 11 months old – even if the rumoured tank numbers fell short of their hopes. Zelenskiy said on Tuesday night that Russia was intensifying its push toward Bakhmut, an industrial town in eastern Ukraine that has been the focus of intense fighting. "They want to increase the pressure on a larger scale," he said.Whether to supply Ukraine with significant numbers of heavy modern battle tanks has dominated discussions among Kyiv's Western allies in recent days.

While the US Abrams tank is considered less suitable due to its heavy fuel consumption and difficulty to maintain, a US move to send them to Ukraine could make it easier for Germany – which has called for a united front among Ukraine's allies – to allow the supply of Leopards.

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