US Marine Corps/Cpl. Alexander Mitchell
- US officials announced on Wednesday that US-made Abrams tanks would be sent to Ukraine.
- Those tanks won't arrive in Ukraine for months, at the earliest.
- Ukraine will receive other armored vehicles, including a US-made vehicle designed to haul others off the battlefield.
US officials announced on Wednesday that they would send 31 Abrams tanks to Ukraine, the latest and most sophisticated piece of weaponry that the US has committed to Ukraine and one of several armored vehicles that Western countries have said they would provide to Kyiv in recent weeks.
Along with the Abrams, the US will send another armored vehicle designed to haul tanks and other vehicles off the battlefield.