recently announced it will send more than a dozen of its Challenger 2 tanks. But Ukraine says it needs at least a couple hundred tanks, and neither the U.S. nor Germany will send their top-line models, which Ukraine has been pleading for.
The Pentagon says the main U.S. battle tank, the Abrams, requires significant training and maintenance, and it uses jet fuel, rather than the more widely available diesel fuel. The U.S. package includes more than 20 separate military systems valued at $2.5 billion. This is the 30th tranche of U.S. military assistance since August 2021, and the only one larger was aThe U.S. equipment includes more than 500 armored vehicles such as Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicles, Stryker Armored Personnel Carriers and MRAPS that are resistant to landmines.
Many analysts predict the fighting will increase in the late winter or early spring, with either or both sides launching offensives., who used to head the U.S. Army in Europe and worked closely with Ukraine, says Crimea is the most important territory for Ukraine to focus on. Meanwhile, U.S. Army Gen. Mark Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs, appeared alongside Austin at Friday's news conference.
To be expected so the government & its cronies line their pockets with our tax money. Business as udual
Making money from blood. So proud to be part of the human race.
When the world stands up for Ukraine Russia will stand down and embrace humanity
Stop pushing this garbage!
the us wants mass shootings everywhere, the way their homeland does
It will escalate because Joe Biden is escalating it. His war. He continues sending billions of US taxpayer💰 to Ukraine while US maxxed its debt limit & struggles to pay its own bills. + he’s sending US military equipment after he already left behind tons of it in Afghanistan.
It’s a clear signal that it’s WWIII. And that progressives love the smell of war
That doesn’t sound very climate friendly