What Weapons Is Ukraine Getting, and Will They Arrive in Time?
Kyiv has been promised scores of tanks and other armor, and the longest range munitions yet. But with a looming Russian offensive, a race is on to get the matériel to the battlefield.
Tanks
Germany says it will allow the export of older Leopard 1 tanks to Ukraine.
BERLIN — Germany has agreed to allow the export of its Leopard 1 battle tanks to Ukraine, a government spokesman said on Friday, creating an opportunity for increased tank transfers to Ukraine as battles intensify in the country’s east. The Leopard 1 …
Ukraine Urges Allies to Speed Up Delivery of Weaponry
“We have to make time our weapon,” President Volodymyr of Zelensky declared as Ukrainians girded for an expected Russian offensive.
Tanks Alone Won’t Turn the Tide of the War in Ukraine
The United States will have to step up its training program to ensure the Ukrainian military can use all the Western-provided equipment effectively.
As Ukraine awaits promised tanks from the West, the fighting continues.
The fall of the small mining town of Soledar to Russian forces on Wednesday drove home Ukraine’s argument that it will need Western tanks the United States and Europe recently promised to send to counter an expected Russian assault this spring. The …
How Biden Reluctantly Agreed to Send Tanks to Ukraine
The decision unlocked a flow of heavy arms from Europe and inched the United States and its NATO allies closer to direct conflict with Russia.
Germany’s chancellor faced pressure at home and abroad over sending Ukraine tanks.
The debate over providing Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine was something of a test for Germany’s chancellor, Olaf Scholz, with some German politicians and European leaders arguing that Berlin was not only missing a chance for leadership in Europe, but also …
Western Tanks Are Coming to Ukraine, but Will They Be Enough?
Western allies have pledged to send at least 105 tanks, far less than Ukraine says it needs, and it may be months before they join the battle.
Russian officials say Leopard 2 and M1 Abrams tanks are a ‘losing scheme.’
Russian officials reacted with defiance and ire to the swift succession of announcements on Wednesday that Germany and the United States would send Western tanks to Ukraine. Within hours of one another, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said that Germany would …
U.S. Plans to Send Abrams Tanks to Ukraine, Officials Say
The Biden administration had resisted sending tanks, which Ukraine says it needs, but the move is seen as likely to push Germany to approve the transfer of its own tanks.