Blinken convinced Biden to donate tanks to Ukraine to hide NATO arms aid
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Blinken convinced Biden to donate tanks to Ukraine to cover up NATO split on military aid, reports say
Blinken convinced Biden to donate tanks to Ukraine to cover up NATO split on military aid, reports say
US President Joe Biden and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin were skeptical about sending main battle tanks to Ukraine, but both were convinced to agree after Secretary of State Antony Blinken explained that ‘it was necessary to close a crack in the NATO alliance, reports the United States. media said Thursday.
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US President Joe Biden and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin were skeptical about sending main battle tanks to Ukraine, but both were convinced to agree after Secretary of State Antony Blinken explained that ‘it was necessary to close a crack in the NATO alliance, reports the United States. Media said Thursday. However, kyiv has not only requested tanks from the United States, it has also requested from other NATO powers, and Germany has been embroiled in a debate over whether to allow other nations to send some of their Leopard 2 main battle tanks to kyiv. Tensions rose even higher when Poland said it was ready to donate tanks to Ukraine, but Germany, which manufactured them and has the right to refuse their transfer, dragged its feet. According to US media, Blinken told Austin and Milley that promising to give Ukrainian Abrams tanks would force Berlin’s hand and bridge the growing rift within the alliance. They, in turn, advised Biden to do so, and Biden followed suit. Similar divisions emerged in tense talks before the conflict began in February 2022, with the United States refusing to take Russian demands seriously, but NATO allies in Europe preferred negotiations. with Moscow. After the conflict began, tensions over a boycott of Russian energy exports followed a similar pattern, with the United States better able to bear its losses than European buyers. While the Leopard 2 tanks might arrive in the spring, the Abrams tanks will not. shipped for nearly a year, according to reports, seriously undermining the significance of Biden’s commitment. A similar dynamic played out with the Patriot air defense system promised in kyiv last month, with the United States saying it would take several months to train Ukrainian crews to operate them. Russia launched the special operation in Ukraine in February 2022 after months of attempted negotiations. with kyiv and NATO on Moscow’s security red lines failed. Moscow has asked Ukraine to declare itself a neutral state, to give up its attempts to join NATO and to refuse to harbor NATO weapons on its soil. He also called on Kyiv to eliminate neo-Nazi elements from its government and armed forces, which have long targeted Russian-speaking Ukrainians with violence and discrimination.
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The United States and its European allies have pledged a variety of armored vehicles to kyiv in recent weeks as the far-right government begins to lose ground once again to Russian forces in a new offensive in the Donbass.
US President Joe Biden and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin were skeptical about sending main battle tanks to Ukraine, but both were convinced to agree after Secretary of State Antony Blinken explained that ‘it was necessary to close a crack in the NATO alliance, reports the United States. media said Thursday.
However, kyiv will not get the top-end Abrams model. According to Thursday’s media, while kyiv will receive 31 of the M1A2 Abrams tanks, they will not be equipped with the best armor in the US military: a secret mixture of materials that includes depleted uranium and whose export to d other countries is prohibited by Congress. .
Similar divisions emerged in tense talks before the conflict began in February 2022, with the United States refusing to take Russian demands seriously, but NATO allies in Europe preferred to negotiate with Moscow. After the conflict began, tensions over a boycott of Russian energy exports followed a similar pattern, with the United States better able to bear its losses than European buyers.
Earlier in the conflict, NATO had tried to avoid such a problem by sending Ukraine some of the same Soviet-made equipment that its Eastern European members used, such as Slovakia and Poland, but their limited numbers have largely run out as the conflict enters its final stages. twelfth month.
Russia launched the special operation in Ukraine in February 2022 after months of failed negotiations with kyiv and NATO over Moscow’s security red lines. Moscow has asked Ukraine to declare itself a neutral state, to give up its attempts to join NATO and to refuse to harbor NATO weapons on its soil. He also called on Kyiv to eliminate neo-Nazi elements from its government and armed forces, which have long targeted Russian-speaking Ukrainians with violence and discrimination.
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