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Pentagon Press Sec Ryder To Brief Press On Tank Developments

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Pentagon Press Secretary Air Force Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder is shortly due to brief the press after significant development today on the provision of tanks to Ukraine.

  • Livestream: https://www.defense.gov/News/Live-Events/#/?currentVideo=31000
  • The Wall Street Journal, Reuters, and Bloomberg all reported earlier today that US government sources indicate that the Biden administration is preparing an imminent pivot on providing US-made Abrams tanks to Ukraine.
  • The provision of Abrams tanks, in coordination with a similar move by European allies operating German-made Leopard 2 tanks, could mark a shift in the balance of the war in Ukraine.
  • An advanced tank division is likely at the forefront of Ukrainian plans to launch a spring counteroffensive in Eastern and Southern Ukraine, breaking a period of attritional warfare which has tipped the war in favour of Russia's superior manpower.

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