U.S. forces will start training Ukrainian troops on M1A1 Abrams tanks “relatively soon,” a senior defense official told reporters on Tuesday, APA reports citing AOL.
They said training has not yet begun as military officials are still working on getting the needed equipment but “would expect that that will happen relatively soon.”
The official also said that the latest $2.6 billion military aid package, announced earlier in the day, would include 120 mm tank ammunition to “support Ukraine’s newly formed armored tank battalions as well as Abrams tanks that the United States has committed.”