Sky News understands that American officials will soon announce their intention to send Abrams tanks to help the country fight off Russia's invasion
According to Der Spiegel, Germany is preparing to send at least one company of Leopard 2 tanks - and one company is typically made up of 14 tanks.
Berlin is also expected to announce it will approve Poland's request to transfer the German-made Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine.On Tuesday, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said the Poles - and other Western allies he did not identify - were already training Ukrainian soldiers on the Leopards in Poland.
Kyiv has been pleading for months for Western nations to send tanks to give its forces the firepower and mobility it hopes will be able to break through Russian defensive lines and recapture territory occupied by Russia.Will Germany send tanks to Ukraine?German Chancellor Olaf Scholz's Social Democrat party had been holding back on the move, wary it could cause Moscow to escalate further.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov had said the deployment of Western tanks would trigger"unambiguously negative" consequences. The German-made Leopards, used by armies across Europe, are widely considered the best option as they are available in large numbers and are easy to deploy and maintain.
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