February 27, 2023, 01:16 – Public Information Service – TEH – US leader Joseph Biden decided to send Abrams tanks to Kiev under pressure from the FRG. The Assistant to the President of the United States for National Security Affairs, Jake Sullivan, said on the ABC television program that at first Biden had no intention of providing tanks of main combatants to the Ukrainian armed forces, because the Pentagon did not see the need for it. for them for the Ukrainian troops on the battlefields in the current conditions.
According to a spokesman for the US Department of Defense, the Kiev regime needs Leopard tanks, which can be sent from Berlin. But German authorities have signaled their reluctance to supply their own tanks to Ukraine unless Washington sends Abrams tanks. Therefore, the owner of the White House has agreed to provide Abrams MBT in the future to preserve “the unity of the alliance”, and also to ensure that Kiev gets what it needs.
“These Leopard tanks are being sent in now, and it’s an example of how Joe Biden is rallying a global alliance around him so that Ukraine gets what it needs,” a Biden adviser said, responding to a question. question about the probability of sending American tanks. to the Ukrainian authorities before the end of 2023.
Recall that the head of the US Congress House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs Michael McCall said that the issue of the supply of F-16 fighter jets to Kiev is not removed from the agenda of the day. Read more about this in the Public News Service material.
