BOTTOM LINE UP FRONT: A crucial decision by Germany to offer Leopard II major battle tanks to Ukraine and to permit different Leopard-equipped militaries to do the identical means the highly effective battlefield automobiles will have an effect within the areas the place preventing is probably the most intense. As a part of the deal, the Biden Administration additionally overcame early reluctance and introduced the U.S. will ship numerous Abrams tanks to Kyiv as properly.

THE BIG QUESTION:  Will the battle tanks arrive shortly sufficient to have an effect within the face of an anticipated Russian offensive, and may Ukraine use these weapons and different Western techniques to spearhead their very own battlefield initiatives?

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