WASHINGTON—The Biden administration is leaning toward sending a important selection of Abrams M1 tanks to Ukraine and an announcement of the deliveries could come this 7 days, U.S. officials said.
The announcement would be element of a broader diplomatic being familiar with with Germany in which Berlin would concur to send out a lesser number of its personal Leopard 2 tanks and would also approve the shipping and delivery of more of the German-built tanks by Poland and other nations. It would settle a trans-Atlantic disagreement over the tanks that had threatened to open fissures as the war drags into the conclusion of its first 12 months.
The White Residence declined to comment.
The offer would deal with a rift involving the U.S. and the Germans and other Europeans around providing tanks for Ukraine during a pivotal section of the war. Kyiv is making ready a counteroffensive to consider to get back again Ukrainian territory and Russia is mobilizing troops for its possess functions.
The change in the U.S. situation follows a connect with on Jan. 17 among President Biden and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in which Mr. Biden agreed to glance into giving the Abrams tanks from the judgment of the Pentagon. A senior German formal reported that the challenge had been the subject of extreme negotiation among Washington and Berlin for much more than a 7 days and appeared to be on the way to resolution.
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