Getting tanks to the front lines looms as a challenge for Ukraine
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 separately on Wednesday that they will each send tanks that Kyiv has sought for months.
The moves by Germany to deploy its Leopard 2 tanks and the United States to send M1 Abrams tanks are likely to prompt several European countries to seek German permission to send Leopard 2s from their own stocks, considerably raising the potential number of modern tanks for Ukraine.
But once the diplomatic wrangling ends, the hard part will begin: getting the heavy armored vehicles and other combat trucks to the battlefield as Russia gears up for a new offensive expected in the spring or earlier.
U.S. officials say that it could take years for Abrams tanks to reach any Ukrainian battlefields.
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