The United States will deploy a modified version of its Abrams tank to Ukraine, missing its "secret" uranium armor, presumably out of concern that they may fall into Russian hands.
offenses. today s announcement bills on the hardware and commitment from countries around the world. that s what this is about. helping ukraine defend, and protect ukrainian land. it is not an offensive threat to russia. there is no offensive threat to russia. ukraine s president, zelenskyy, has been asking for these tanks for many months. today, he thanked president biden on twitter and said this, quote, it is an important step on a path to victory. and russia, a spokesman for vladimir putin called the allies plan, quote, disastrous. the war has now been going on for 11 long and brutal months. the day, after weeks of fighting, ukraine said its forces had retreated from the small town of soledar in eastern ukraine. this move brings russia closer to taking a key bigger city in the region. and it is expected that russia will launch a major military offensive in the next few months.
and the war against russia today. the white house promised to send 31 abrams tanks to help ukrainian forces, while germany now said it would send 14 of their leopard two tanks. germany had been resisting sending the tanks unless the united states did the same. president biden spoke about the decision earlier today. approaching ukrainian forces, working to the fund the territory they hold, and prepared for additional counter offenses. today s announcement bills on the hardware and commitment from countries around the world. that s what this is about. helping ukraine defend, and protect ukrainian land. it is not an offensive threat to russia. there is no offensive threat to russia. ukraine s president, zelenskyy, has been asking for these tanks for many months. today, he thanked president biden on twitter and said this, quote, it is an important step on a path to victory. and russia, a spokesman for vladimir putin called the
declaring the moves, quote, extremely dangerous and take the conflict to a, quote, new level of confrontation and they downplayed the he escalatory ri as did biden. there s no offensive threat to russia. if russian troops return to russia, they ll be there where they belong. this war will be over today. white house officials are candid. they see no near term end to the war. don t have a good sense of how things may end whenever they, in fact, do. they made clear the support is both durable and will be long lasting as long, according to president biden, as that support is needed. in fact, it s worth noting we are a month away from the one year anniversary of russian s invasion of ukraine and that is the moment they are keying on right now understanding this is a long-term effort and the symbolism, the importance of demonstrating the assistance delivered up to this point and will continue to be delivered in the weeks, months, potentially years ahead is just as important as those tank
from countries around the world led by the united states of america to help ukraine defend its sovereignty and territorial integrity. that s what this is about. helping ukraine defend and protect ukrainian land. it s not an offensive threat to russia. there s no offensive threat to russia. if russia troops return to russia, they will be where they belong. this war would be over today. that s what we all want, an end to this war. in just and lasting terms. our teams do not permit one nation we re not going to allow one nation to steal a neighbor s territory by force. our terms preserve russia ukraine s sovereignty andintegr. these are the terms we all signed up for. 143 nations voted for in the u.n. general assembly last october.