President Joe Biden is set to announce that the US will provide dozens of M1A2 Abrams tanks to the armed forces of Ukraine as the war against Russian invaders continues in the eastern European country.
It's a decision that represents a significant upping of the firepower being provided by the west to Ukraine's weary defenders and comes the same week as Germany's chancellor announced that his country would facilitate the transfer of Polish tanks to the country as well.
The official announcement could come as soon as Wednesday, according to multiple media outlets which cited US officials on the early news. A spokesman for the Pentagon declined to comment on any decision at a daily news briefing Tuesday afternoon.
It would follow months of US officials agonising over decisions regarding the prospect of sending military equipment to Ukraine that could lead to attacks in Russian territory, a development that experts believe would seriously escalate tensions between the US and Moscow.
The news broke the very same day that two members of the Senate, Republican Lindsey Graham and Democrat Richard Blumenthal, held a joint press conference calling for the president to approve the aid package.
"The fact that the tanks are going to flow from Germany, and hopefully from America, to me is something to celebrate," Mr Graham said at the press conference, according to The Hill. "It's an acknowledgement that the goal is now to be with Ukraine until every last Russian soldier is evicted from Ukrainian soil."
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