Western allies this week delivered some of the most powerful weapons that Ukraine says it will need for a looming counteroffensive against Russia: a Patriot air-defense system from Germany and the Netherlands. Fighter jets from Slovakia. More 155-millimeter artillery from the United States.
And on Friday, Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III announced that Ukrainians would soon begin training, for the first time, on American M1 Abrams tanks — an important step to getting the sophisticated weapon to the battlefield.
#Ukraine: The Ukrainian 25th Airborne Brigade destroyed a Russian BMP-2 infantry fighting vehicle in #Luhansk Oblast using grenades dropped from a drone equipped with thermal optics. A BMP-1 was also taken out of action. pic.twitter.com/Z8kI3XQ3O0
— 🇺🇦 Ukraine Weapons Tracker (@UAWeapons) April 20, 2023
