Biden announces U.S. will send Ukraine tanks
President Biden on Wednesday announced the U.S. will be sending 31 top-of-the-line Abrams tanks to Ukraine to help the country fight the Russian invasion. Watch his remarks.
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President Biden on Wednesday announced the U.S. will be sending 31 top-of-the-line Abrams tanks to Ukraine to help the country fight the Russian invasion. Watch his remarks.
The United States and European allies including Germany have agreed to send state-of-the-art, Western tanks to help bolster Ukraine's fight against the Russian invasion. As Debora Patta reports, the tanks are the latest in a long line of Western military aid, and for the Ukrainians fighting on the war's freezing frontlines, they can't come soon enough.
The United States is poised to send 31 M-1 Abrams tanks to Ukraine. The announcement follows Germany's promise to send 14 Leopard 2 tanks to the region. Col. Mark Cancian (Ret.), senior adviser at the CSIS International Security Program, spoke with CBS News about how these tanks could change the game for Ukraine.
U.S. officials said the Biden administration is preparing to send its most advanced battle tanks to Ukraine following initial reluctance from the Pentagon and the administration. CBS News senior White House and political correspondent Ed O'Keefe joined "CBS News Mornings" to discuss.
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The U.S. is poised to send its top-of-the-line battle tank -- the M-1 Abrams -- to Ukraine, giving it major new capabilities to launch offensives against Russian troops.
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Western allies failed to reach a decision on supplying powerful battle tanks to Ukraine at a meeting at the Ramstein air base in Germany this week. First, CBS News foreign correspondent Debora Patta reported from the front lines in Ukraine. Then, retired Brig. Gen. Peter Zwack, a global fellow at the Wilson Center, joined CBS News to discuss what a new Russian offensive could mean for the war.
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The Biden administration announced new sanctions Friday on the Russian private military company the Wagner Group, and a meeting with featuring top U.S. defense officials in Germany failed to reach an agreement on providing Ukraine with advanced tanks. Meanwhile, Ukraine is bracing for what is expected to be a new Russian offensive. Debora Patta reports from Ukraine.
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