(Daniel Karmann/picture alliance/Getty Images) Buying them is a slower process.US-owned M1A2 Abrams tanks in Germany. The United States will provide the tanks through a fund known as the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative, which allows Biden's administration to buy weapons from industry rather than taking them from existing U.S. leadership then that's what we were willing to do.' 'The tanks are an important capability and if it took U.S. 'The United States was willing to make a significant commitment to assist them in making theirs,' the source said. decision on Abrams was part of conversations with the Germans about their reluctance to provide tanks and to demonstrate that the U.S. These tanks burn just like all the others,' Peskov told reporters.Ī source familiar with the matter told Reuters on Tuesday the U.S. 'But above all, it overestimates the potential it will add to the Ukrainian army. 'The plan is disastrous in terms of technology,' he said. 'I am certain that many experts understand the absurdity of this idea,' the Kremlin's Peskov said about the Abrams tanks. allies on additional armored vehicle capability are expected, the official said. 'Today's announcement really was a product of good diplomatic conversations as part of our regular and ongoing close consultations with allies and partners on security assistance to Ukraine,' said one official.

He talked again on Wednesday to Scholz as well as to British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and French President Emmanuel Macron, both of whom are close allies in helping Ukraine. Senior administration officials said Biden had spoken to German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on multiple occasions this month about assistance to Ukraine. The total cost of a single Abrams tanks can vary, and can be over $10 million per tanks when including training and sustainment. While a highly sophisticated and expensive weapon, the Abrams is difficult to maintain and provides a logistical resupply challenge because it runs on jet fuel. Members of the Ukrainian military will be trained on using the Abrams in a yet-to-be determined location.

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