US Abrams and German Leopard tanks in Poland
US Abrams tanks and a German Leopard at the training ground in Nowa Deba Poland on September 21, 2022. The US agreed to send 31 Abrams tanks to Ukraine.
  • NATO countries such as the US, Germany, and Poland have agreed to send tanks to aid Ukraine.
  • Leaked documents show that Russia is offering troops "financial incentives" to destroy them, per NYT.
  • Videos of the tanks being destroyed will then be used to boost Russia's confidence, documents say.

Russia is offering troops bonus pay to destroy tanks that have been supplied to Ukraine by NATO countries, according to leaked US intelligence documents reviewed by The New York Times.