M1 Abrams tanks to enter Ukraine ‘soon’: US defence chief

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Ramstein Air Base (Germany) (AFP) – Ukraine will soon receive M1 Abrams tanks from the United States as Kyiv’s forces steadily advance in their counter-offensive against Moscow’s troops, US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin said on Tuesday. Representatives of dozens of countries that support Kyiv are meeting in Germany to discuss new aid for Ukraine ahead of an address to the UN General Assembly by the country’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky. Washington had promised the 31 tanks to Kyiv at the start of the year, part of more than $43 billion in security assistance pledged by the United States sin…

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