US will send Ukraine 31 Abrams tanks valued at USD 400 million - Bloomberg

Bloomberg reported the information.

"Biden admininstration will send Ukraine 31 M1 Abrams tanks in a deal valued at $400 million, " Jennifer Jacobs, a Bloomberg reporter, tweeted.

The outlet says that, despite previous statements, the White House will offer Ukraine M1 Abrams tanks on January 25. Earlier, the US claimed that the equipment consumes too much gas and is difficult for Ukrainian defenders to master.

• Earlier, Poland announced it was ready to provide Ukraine with 14 Leopard tanks and hoped that other NATO countries would follow suit and manage to assemble at least an armored brigade.

• On January 14, Rishi Sunak confirmed during a phone conversation with Volodymyr Zelenskyy that Britain would provide Ukraine with Challenger 2 tanks. 

• Finnish Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto said his country was ready to participate in the supply of tanks to Ukraine.

• The Netherlands may buy 18 Leopard 2 tanks that were leased from Germany and transfer them to Ukraine as part of a tank coalition.

• French officials are considering the possibility of transferring their own Leclerc battle tanks to Ukraine to provide Berlin with a common platform for Leopard 2 deliveries.

• On January 24, the Wall Street Journal published news that the Biden administration was leaning toward sending a significant number of Abrams M1 tanks to Ukraine.

• On January 25, it was announced that Ukraine would receive 14 Leopard 2 tanks from the Bundeswehr, and Germany allowed partner countries to provide Ukrainian defenders with German tanks from their own stocks.

• At the same time, Spain changed its decision to provide Ukraine with heavy weapons to counter Russian aggression. Madrid may now send Leopard tanks to the Ukrainian Armed Forces.