The United States will send Abrams tanks to Germany in May to train Ukrainian military
About 250 Ukrainians will be trained on them
31 Abrams tanks will arrive at the Grafenwoehr training ground in Germany at the end of May, and a few weeks after that, the Ukrainian military will begin training to operate them.
Source. This was reported by AP.
In total, the training will last about ten weeks.
The agency's report also says that about 250 Ukrainian soldiers will undergo training, with some learning to drive tanks and others learning to repair and maintain them.
The US decision to send 31 Abrams tanks to Ukraine – equivalent to a tank battalion in the Ukrainian army's classification – was made in January and was a sharp reversal of the position of Washington, which had previously said that Abrams tanks were too difficult to operate and costly to maintain.
Since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, the US military has reportedly trained more than 7,000 Ukrainian soldiers in the use of other types of weapons.
Background. The Pentagon reportedly signed a $27 million contract to produce Abrams tanks for Ukraine.
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