Tanks

Defence ministers of NATO states met on Thursday in Brussels with representatives of 25 companies from the defence industry, including Croatia's Djuro Djakovic, with whom they discussed strengthening military aid to Ukraine.

"The administration of (Joseph) Biden, after several weeks of internal discussions on how to equip the Abrams tanks that the US supplies to Kyiv, is expected to provide Ukraine with shells with depleted uranium," the text states.

Romania will buy two second-hand British minesweepers and two French submarines as part of the Romanian army's re-equipment programmes, local media reported.

The agency states, citing a well-informed source, that Russian troops have begun using the latest Armata tanks to open fire on Ukrainian positions, but that these tanks have not yet participated in direct offensive operations.
The same source said that the T-14 Armata tanks received additional side protection against anti-tank ammunition.

The United States will begin training Ukrainian forces on how to use and maintain Abrams tanks in the coming weeks, as it continues to speed up its effort to get them onto the battlefield as quickly as possible, U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Friday.

German authorities will send "Leopard 2" tanks to Ukraine and allow their export by other countries, said the spokesman of the German government.
Germany's decision paves the way for Poland, Spain and Norway, which have previously announced they are ready to send tanks.

Germany on Wednesday approved the delivery of Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine, after weeks of pressure from Kiev and many allies.

Berlin will provide a company of 14 Leopard 2 A6 tanks from the Bundeswehr stocks and is also granting approval for other European countries to send tanks from their own stocks to Ukraine, government spokesman Steffen Hebestreit said in a statement.

This was reported by Al Jazeera, citing an unnamed US official.
According to the source of that TV station, the tanks will be delivered based on the contract, that is, they will not be sent from the Pentagon's arsenals.
According to Politico citing sources in the US administration, the US could send at least 30 "M1 Abrams" tanks to Ukraine as military aid.

Following intense pressure from its allies, Germany appears to be inching toward approving deliveries of high-tech Leopard 2 main battle tanks that Ukraine and its biggest Western backers hope will boost Kyiv's fight against Russian invaders.

Asked in an interview with French television LCI what would happen if Poland sent its Leopard 2 tanks without Germany's approval, Baerbock answered: "For now, that question has not been asked, but if they asked us, we would not stand in their way."