The White House tends to hand over Abrams M1 tanks to Ukraine. This was reported by the Wall Street Journal citing sources among American officials. A decision on a “significant amount” of equipment could be announced as early as this week. broadcast at the same time Sky News Arabia According to Pentagon officials It is about the transfer of 10 Abrams tanks.

In addition, according to the WSJ, such a decision is part of the diplomatic agreement with Germany, according to which the German government will send “less” Leopard 2 tanks and also approve the transfer of “more” tanks. German tanks to Poland and its allies.

It is emphasized that the relevant meeting took place on January 17th between US President Joe Biden and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. A German official interviewed by reporters said the issue had been the subject of intense talks between Washington and Berlin for more than a week and seemed close to being resolved. At the same time, the Pentagon had previously ruled out the possibility of supplying Abrams tanks to Ukraine, since it is very difficult to maintain and operate.

At the same time, officials from the White House and the US State Department still turned to a positive decision on the transfer of equipment. This is due to the difficulties of negotiations on the supply of Leopard tanks. The official White House did not comment on the information about Abrams’ transfer to reporters. As it will be remembered, Poland made a request to Germany regarding the transfer of Leopard tanks to Ukraine. Source