Abrams Tanks Excluded From Ukraine Spring Offensive As US Strips Sensitive Tech

 US-made Abrams tanks will not be included in Ukraine's anticipated spring offensive as the United States works to strip the system of sensitive technologies that could be exploited by Russia, USA Today reported on Monday.

Abrams Tanks Arriving Soon For Ukraine For Training Purposes Only - Pentagon

The Abrams M1 tanks which are due to be sent to Germany in the coming weeks will only be used for training purposes and are different from the refurbished tanks that will be sent to Ukraine later this year for combat use, Pentagon spokesperson Pat Ryder said on Monday.

Germany refuses extra-tank pledges for Ukraine

Germany cannot afford to pledge additional main battle tanks to Ukraine, the country’s defense minister, Boris Pistorius, said on Saturday.

Russia to store nuclear weapons in Belarus – Putin

Russia’s tactical nuclear weapons might arrive to Belarus as early as this summer, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Saturday. Moscow is finishing the construction of a specialized storage for such arms amid repeated calls by Minsk to deploy tactical nuclear weapons on the Belarusian territory, he added.

Poland To Deliver 10 Leopard Tanks To Ukraine This Week

Poland said on Tuesday that it will send 10 Leopard tanks to Ukraine this week, offering more of the vehicles that Kyiv says are crucial to countering Russia's SMO.

Medvedev says construction of tank factory in Ukraine to be marked with 'firework of Kalibr' missiles

Deputy head of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev said on Saturday that if the German Rheinmetall company decides to build a tank factory in Ukraine, the event will be met with "firework of Kalibr" missiles.

Poland announces it has sent Leopard tanks to Ukraine

Poland has sent its first German-made Leopard 2 battle tanks to Ukraine, a government spokesman has said.

Send your tanks now, Germany's Scholz tells allies in U-turn

Allies with available battle tanks should send them to Ukraine "now", German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has told the Munich Security Conference, speaking immediately after Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky.

Western military equipment sent to Ukraine to be ground down, says senior Russian diplomat

All Western military equipment that is currently being delivered to Ukraine, will be ground down, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov told Channel One on Thursday.

German Government Approves Delivery Of 178 Leopard 1 Tanks To Kiev - Spiegel

The German government has issued a permit for the supply of 178 Leopard 1 tanks to Ukraine, deliveries will take place in the summer and next year, the Spiegel magazine reported on Tuesday.

Abrams Tanks Pledged By US To Ukraine Need Ample Logistical Support

 Abrams battle tanks that the United Stated pledged to hand over to Ukraine require substantial maintenance and logistics, the Financial Times reported on Sunday, citing experts.

Germany takes note of Putin’s remarks about tanks, Scholz willing to proceed with dialogue - video

Germany’s government has taken into consideration Russian President Vladimir Putin’s statements about shipments of Western tanks to Kiev, but they will not affect Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s readiness to continue phone talks with the Russian leader, German government spokesman Steffen Hebestreit told reporters on Friday.

Putin: Russia has "the way" to answer the transfer of tanks by the West, Peskov explained the words - VIDEO | EL Etos UT News

 

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Tank Transfers To Kiev May Provoke Supply Of More Powerful Weapons - De Gaulles Grandson

 Pierre de Gaulle, a grandson of former French President Charles de Gaulle, said on Tuesday that the decision of Western countries to send tanks to Ukraine could trigger the supply of more powerful weapons, increasing the risk of World War III and of nuclear conflict.

Russians are good at knocking out tanks, Zyuganov said

 

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If WWIII breaks out, it won’t start on tanks or fighter jets, warns Medvedev - TASS

Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev has lambasted Western attempts to justify arms deliveries to Kiev as an alleged effort to prevent a world war.

Deadly Russian Missiles Hit Ukraine Energy Infrastructure - 26.01.2023

 

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Ukraine hit by Russian missiles day after West's offer of tanks

Russia launched a wave of missiles at Ukraine on Thursday, a day after Germany and the US pledged tanks to aid Kyiv.

Moscow calls tanks deliveries to Ukraine 'direct involvement' of European countries, NATO in 'conflict'

Raising the specter of escalation of the Ukraine war, a Kremlin spokesman said Thursday that Russia sees European and NATO countries supplying weapons to Ukraine – including a host of just-announced tank supplies – as their "direct involvement" in the "conflict."

Biden To Deliver Remarks On Support For Ukraine At Noon Amid Expected Abrams Announcement

US President Joe Biden will deliver remarks on continued support for Ukraine on Wednesday at noon (17:00 GMT) amid reports that Washington is set to send dozens of Abrams tanks to Kiev to repel Russia's offensive, the White House said.