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SWIETOSZOW, Poland — One by one, Leopard tanks crewed by Ukrainian troops and their Polish instructors zipped up a muddy field, bouncing over deep ruts and cresting a low dirt berm. They stopped, fired smoke grenades, then raced back in reverse to their starting points. The demonstration on Monday, for …

BERLIN — Germany has agreed to allow the export of its Leopard 1 battle tanks to Ukraine, a government spokesman said on Friday, creating an opportunity for increased tank transfers to Ukraine as battles intensify in the country’s east. The Leopard 1 is an older model of a German-made tank …

One of my favorite children’s books is Laura Numeroff’s ‘If you give a Mouse a Cookie.’ In it, you learn that if you give in to the requests of a mouse, they will continue to ask for more and more, and once you give the cookie, they will want a …

US President, Joe Biden announced Wednesday January 25, that he plans to send 31 M1 Abrams tanks to Ukraine, reversing the administration’s longstanding resistance to requests from Kyiv for the highly sophisticated but maintenance-heavy vehicles.   Biden said US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin recommended the tank move because it will …

WASHINGTON — Reversing its longstanding resistance, the Biden administration plans to send M1 Abrams tanks to Ukraine, U.S. officials said on Tuesday, in what would be a major step in arming Kyiv in its efforts to seize back its territory from Russia. The White House is expected to announce a …

Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelensky has urged countries to send more weapons to Ukraine without delay, as his country plans to begin counter offensives against Russia, warning that “hundreds of thank you are not hundreds of tanks.”   In remarks during a virtual address at the beginning of a Ukraine Defense …

Ukraine paraded destroyed Russian tanks and armour along the streets of Kyiv on Saturday August 20, to mock Russia’s invasion as it prepares for Independence Day celebrations.   Before Saturday, the vehicles most of which were destroyed in the first weeks of the war, were set up outside the iconic …