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Snr US Official-'Several Nations' Considering Sending Tanks To Ukraine

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Jack Detsch at Foreign Policy magazine tweets: "U.S. confirms that "several nations" are considering sending tanks to Ukraine: senior U.S. defense official. The Czech Republic recently sent Soviet-era T-72 tanks & BVP-1 infantry fighting vehicles to Ukraine."

  • The escalation of provision of lethal aid from defensive (anti-tank weaponry, air defence systems) to offensive weaponry (such as tanks) to Ukraine has been long requested by the Zelenskyy gov't in Kyiv. In his visit over the weekend, UK PM Boris Johnson sounded non-committal on the prospect of providing tanks to Ukraine, with an additional GBP100mn of equipment to be provided to Ukrainian forces set to be limited to defensive lethal aid.

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