Ivan Fedorov, the exiled mayor of Russian-occupied Melitopol, in his office in Kyiv on Wednesday.Credit…Brendan Hoffman for The New York Times Deep inside Russian-controlled territory in southern Ukraine, there are already signs that a battle may be looming in the occupied city of Melitopol, according to Ivan Fedorov, the city’s exiled Ukrainian mayor. More than […]
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Germany and U.S. Pledge to Send Battle Tanks to Ukraine
With the precision of a military drill, first Germany and then the United States announced on Wednesday that each had agreed to provide battle tanks to help Ukraine beat back Russia’s invading forces. In reaching a deal, the two countries extricated themselves from a diplomatic morass that had consumed the attention of Western officials for […]
Russia Says Tanks for Ukraine 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 send an initial shipment of 14 Leopard 2 tanks and President Biden announced plans to send […]
Germany Confirms It Will Send Leopard Tanks to Ukraine: Live Updates
Abrams tanks at a military exercise in Adazi, Latvia, in 2021.Credit…Ints Kalnins/Reuters Weeks of political wrangling among Western allies over whether to arm Ukraine with advanced battle tanks appear to be nearing a resolution, with the Biden administration and Germany expected to announce that they will each send tanks that Kyiv has sought for months. […]
U.S. Plans to Send Abrams Tanks to Ukraine, Officials Say
WASHINGTON — Reversing its longstanding resistance, the Biden administration plans to send M1 Abrams tanks to Ukraine, U.S. officials said on Tuesday, in what would be a major step in arming Kyiv in its efforts to seize back its territory from Russia. The White House is expected to announce a decision as early as Wednesday, […]
Despite German Reluctance, Ukraine Expresses Optimism About Receiving Tanks
As frustration at Germany for seemingly dragging its feet on sending Ukraine advanced Leopard 2 tanks mounted on Saturday, Ukrainian officials indicated that they believed it would be only a matter of time before the sophisticated weapons arrived. Ukraine’s defense minister, Oleksii Reznikov, said that he was “optimistic” that Germany would decide to allow transfers […]
Allies Pile Pressure on Germany Over Tanks for Ukraine: Live Updates
Ammunition inside a Ukrainian self-propelled howitzer near Kreminna, Ukraine, last week.Credit…Nicole Tung for The New York Times BRUSSELS — A number of countries announced new military aid packages for Ukraine on Thursday, the day before their defense ministers are to gather at Ramstein Air Base in Germany to coordinate their help for Ukraine. The meeting […]
Poland and Britain Consider Sending Leopard Tanks to Ukraine
Poland and Britain are considering sending main battle tanks to Ukraine, a move that would end the West’s nearly yearlong refusal to deploy some of its most advanced weaponry against Russia and ratchet up pressure on other allies of Kyiv to follow suit. Warsaw and London have yet to finalize such a move, but doing […]
Pressure Mounts on Ukraine’s Allies to Provide Tanks: Live Updates
The PMC Wagner Center, which is associated with the founder of the Wagner Group, in St. Petersburg, Russia.Credit…Olga Maltseva/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images It has been a remarkable transformation. Nearly a year since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the head of Russia’s largest mercenary group, who had long denied ties to the military, has become in […]
Britain Is Considering Sending Tanks to Ukraine
Britain is weighing whether to send a small number of tanks to Ukraine, potentially reversing the West’s nearly yearlong resistance to deploying some of its mightiest firepower against Russia. No decision has yet been made on whether the Challenger II tanks — reportedly as few as 10 — will be donated to Ukraine. But such […]