Wednesday, January 4, 2023

Western Allies To Supply Ukraine With Armoured Combat Vehicles

U.S. Army Bradley Cavalry Fighting Vehicle leaves ship during operation Atlantic Resolve rotation in Riga port © Thomson Reuters 

Reuters: Ukraine to get more armoured vehicles but presses for tanks to fight Russia 

KYIV (Reuters) -Western allies moved toward supplying armoured battle vehicles to Ukraine but not the heavier tanks it has requested to fight Russia, while Washington predicted intense combat would continue for months on the eastern frontline. 

French President Emmanuel Macron told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy his government would send light AMX-10 RC armoured combat vehicles to help its war effort, a French official said on Wednesday after a phone call between them. 

While the official said these would be the first Western armoured vehicles delivered to Ukraine, Australia said in October that it had given Kyiv 90 of its Bushmaster Protected Mobility Vehicles, an armoured unit that is hardened against landmines, small arms fire and other threats.  

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Western Allies To Supply Ukraine With Armoured Combat Vehicles  

U.S. edges closer to sending armored weaponry to Ukraine -- Washington Post  

Biden weighs sending Bradley Fighting Vehicles to Ukraine -- AP  

France to send light battle tanks to Ukraine in first for Kyiv -- The Hill  

Ukraine to get armoured combat vehicles from West, asks for tanks -- Al Jazeera

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

More Russia kills grandmothers and young girls with random rocket and drone strikes the more support Ukraine will get from the world..terrible tactic from the get- go for Russia because of optics..

Anonymous said...

Well that’s what happens when you poke at cornered bears, duh.