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Army Still Assessing Options For Supplying Abrams To Ukraine, Tanks May Not Arrive This Year

Army Still Assessing Options For Supplying Abrams To Ukraine, Tanks May Not Arrive This Year
U.S. Soldiers, assigned to the 2nd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, secure their Battalion headquarters in a M1 Abrams Tank, during Decisive Action Rotation 17-04 at the National Training Center in Fort Irwin, Calif., Feb 19, 2017. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. JD Sacharok, Operations Group, National Training Center)

The Army is still working through options for how Abrams tanks will be supplied to Ukraine, with the service’s secretary adding it’s not determined yet if tanks will be delivered before the end of year. “We’re looking at what’s the fastest way we can get the tanks to the Ukrainians. It’s not going to be a matter of weeks, I will say that. None of the options that we’re exploring are [for] weeks or two months. There are longer timelines…

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