sbolduan starts right now. in the next hour, president biden will deliver remarks on u.s. support for ukraine. he s expected to announce the u.s. will be sending a-1 abrams tanks to ukraine. this long debated move also comes just as germany confirms they will also be spending tank to say ukraine. both of these moves have been in the works for a while, a step both countries have resisted for a variety of reasons. these coordinated announcements now also pave the way for other european countries to do the same and supply tank to say ukraine. as ukrainians are preparing for a big spring offensive by russia. we re going to discuss all of this with nato secretary-general stoltenberg. what are you hearing, oren? reporter: we re told about 30 tanks will head to ukraine, one of the most advanced tanks pretty much out there. how soon? this will take time. we ve seen the coordination between the german announcement to send its german-made leopard tanks and other countries to send
hello and thanks for joining us. i m abby phillip here in washington. now, president biden makes it official. just moments ago, the u.s. is sending abrams tanks to ukraine. that announcement comes just hours after germany revealed that it will send its own leopard 2 tanks to ukraine. germany had been reluctant to do that but ultimately they bent to weeks of intense pressure from western allies. cnn s phil mattingly is over at the white house for us. but let s begin first with our own jim sciutto. jim, can you walk us through what we are talking about here? what are these tanks, and where are they coming from as it relates to what s going into ukraine? reporter: abby, this is a significant move and let s begin with what the capabilities are. this is a german leopard tank then you have the u.s. sending abrams as well. first thing to say about this, highly capable, it s an offensive weapon, not a defensive weapon and the ukrainians hope here, their aim is to use this as a weap
conference in germany. this is an important moment, a critical moment in the fight in ukraine. western allies are meeting and have been there to hammer out the latest plan to support ukraine now and support ukraine going forward. a key point of contention right now is germany s refusal so far to supply ukraine with tanks that it said are necessary to win against russia. tanks are not part of the latest aid package that was just announced by the pentagon. a very big package, though. $2.5 billion for ukraine. that does, however, include striker armored vehicles for the very first time. we re going to stand by and going to this press conference any moment. oren liebermann is standing by at the pentagon. what are we expecting to hear. reporter: one of the things that we could hear from lloyd austin is a thank you for everything that countries have provided. the u.s. on the front foot here with a just announced yesterday $2.5 billion package. the second largest the u.s. has ev
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