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Pentagon To Fund Refurbishment Of Czech T-72 Tanks For Ukraine In New Aid Package

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Pentagon To Fund Refurbishment Of Czech T-72 Tanks For Ukraine In New Aid Package
Sgt. Ethan Thomas, assigned to Charlie Company, 87th Division Sustainment Support Battalion, 3rd Division Sustainment Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division downloads a T-72 Tank onto Fort Stewart, Georgia, Aug. 24th, 2022. The T-72 Tank was captured during Operation Desert Storm and will be used as a historical display on Fort Stewart. (U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Elsi Delgado, 3rd Division Sustainment Brigade)

The U.S. on Friday approved a new weapons aid package for Ukraine worth approximately $400 million, which includes funds to refurbish Soviet-era Czech Republic tanks that will be sent to Kyiv to assist in its fight against Russia’s ongoing invasion. Sabrina Singh, the Pentagon’s deputy press secretary, told reporters the first of the refurbished T-72 tanks will be available for Ukraine before the end of December, with deliveries to be completed in 2023. “These are Soviet-era tanks. These are tanks…

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