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US Announces More Security Assistance For Ukraine
According to a statement from the US Defense Department, the US announced a new security package plan. It includes a Presidential Drawdown of security assistance worth up to USD 425 million and USD 1.75 billion in Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative (USAI) funds. The package used 425 million dollars from the Defense Department’s existing funds and 1.75 billion dollars from the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative. Since February of last year, when…
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Germany Enabled Leopard 1 Delivery To Ukraine: Report
Friday’s Sueddeutsche Zeitung reported that the German government has approved the delivery of Leopard 1 tanks from industrial stockpiles to Ukraine and is negotiating the purchase of 15 Gepard tanks from Qatar for delivery to Kyiv. The delivery of repaired Leopard tanks to Ukraine could occur at any time, according to government sources cited by the newspaper. Rheinmetall and Flensburger Fahrzeugbau Gesellschaft (FFG) want to recondition dozens of Leopards 1…
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Ukraine war: Zelensky Wants Speedy Delivery Of Western Tanks
Volodymyr Zelensky urged the West to provide long-range missiles and fighter jets in his nightly address. His remarks followed the United States and Germany’s announcement that they would send Abrams and Leopard tanks to Ukraine. Russia blasted the announcement as a “blatant provocation” and threatened to destroy any tanks delivered. The tanks would “burn like the rest,” claimed Dmitry Peskov, the spokesman for Russian President Vladimir Putin. They are simply…
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Washington Is Considering Giving Ukraine A Production Boost For F-16 Planes
After sending main battle tanks to Ukraine in a controversial move to help its weak military, the US is now thinking about making more F-16 fighters to send to Ukraine. Thursday quotes Frank St. John, the chief operating officer of Lockheed Martin, which makes the F-16, as saying that there was “a lot of talk about third party transfers of F-16s.” This means that countries would re-export American aircraft they…
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The US And Germany Are Ready To Send Tanks To Ukraine
Sources say that the US will announce on Wednesday that it will send heavy tanks to Ukraine, and Germany has decided to do the same. This is a change that Kyiv says will change the way its war with Russia is fought. A few hours before his 45th birthday on Wednesday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy pushed for his forces to get more than five to fifteen new tanks. Zelenskiy said…
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Officials Say, The U.S. Plans To Send M1 Abrams Tanks To Ukraine
US officials said on Tuesday that the Biden administration plans to send M1 Abrams tanks to Ukraine. This would be a big step toward giving Kyiv the tools it needs to take back its territory from Russia. Officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the talks are sensitive, said that the White House could make a decision as early as Wednesday. One official said that there could be…
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Ukraine Pitches For Tanks, But The Threat From Russia Still Looms Large
The Ukrainian troops are training hard, but experts and army officials say that if they want to hold their position against Russia in the conflict, they will need modern equipment and tanks. Otherwise, their men will be in a death trap. Ukraine has T-72 tanks, which are pretty old, to protect its borders right now. Lieutenant General Serhiy Naiev, who is stationed a few kilometres from the Belarus border, has…
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Russian Spy Service Says HIMARS And Other Weapons Are Being Used At Nuclear Power Stations In Ukraine
Russia’s foreign intelligence service (SVR) said that Ukraine was storing arms from the West at nuclear power plants all over the country. It didn’t show any proof, so Reuters couldn’t check the claims. In a statement, the SVR said that the US had sent HIMARS rocket launchers, air defence systems, and artillery ammunition to the nuclear power station in Rivne, which is in the northwest of Ukraine. It said, “The…
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In Preparation For Possible Escalation, US Started Training Ukrainian Forces In Germany
Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said that the goal is to get a battalion of about 500 troops back on the battlefield to fight the Russians in the next five to eight weeks. The training started on Sunday in Germany. Milley plans to go to Grafenwoehr on Monday to see the programme for himself. He said that the troops being trained have already left Ukraine.…
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Russia And Belarus To Hold “Defensive” Air Drills, Making Kyiv Worried About A New Offensive
On Monday, the air forces of Russia and Belarus will start practising together. This has made people in Kiev and the West worry that Russia could use its ally to start a new ground offensive in Ukraine. Minsk says the drills are for defence, and since Moscow used its neighbour as a base to invade Ukraine in February of last year, Belarus has done a lot of military drills, both…
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