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- Ukraine lobbied hard to get tanks from the US last January.
- But the armored vehicles have not provided major tactical gains for Ukraine.
- In a "war of drones," tanks are the No. 1 target, a Ukrainian soldier told CNN.
Tanks supplied by the US are not proving helpful enough for Ukrainian soldiers amid a war that has been heavily reliant on drones.
In January 2023, after months of hard lobbying from Ukraine, the US agreed to send 31 M1A1 Abrams tanks to equip a tank battalion.