UK To Send 14 Challenger 2 Tanks To Ukraine

Euronews/Reuters: Britain to send 14 of its main battle tanks, more weaponry to Ukraine

LONDON -Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s office said late on Saturday that Britain would send 14 of its main battle tanks along with additional artillery support to Ukraine, disregarding criticism from the Russian Embassy in London.

A squadron of 14 Challenger 2 tanks will go into the country in the coming weeks and around 30 self-propelled AS90 guns, operated by five gunners, are expected to follow, the British prime minister’s office said in a statement.

The UK will also begin training Ukrainian forces to use the tanks and guns in the coming days.

Read more ....

WNU Editor: Russia warns it will intensify the war .... British Decision to Send Heavy Tanks to Ukraine Prompts Russian Warning (AFP).

Update: 14 tanks are not going to make a difference. But if it gives the push for other European countries to send tanks, it may .... The UK says sending Challenger 2 tanks to Ukraine is a potential 'game changer' in the war. This is how they could impact the conflict. (Insider).

UK To Send 14 Challenger 2 Tanks To Ukraine

Sunak confirms UK will send tanks to Ukraine ‘to push Russian troops back’ -- The Guardian

UK agrees to send Challenger 2 tanks to Ukraine -- Politico

Britain Announces It Will Send Tanks To Ukraine -- RFE

Britain to give Ukraine heavy tanks, as German ‘Leos’ are on hold -- Defense News

UK commits to sending Ukraine Challenger 2 tanks, going further than Biden admin -- FOX News

from War News Updates https://ift.tt/n9Qfzrm
via IFTTT

Comments

Is Putin's Inner Circle Already In Discussions On Who Is Going To Replace Him?

Russian President Vladimir Putin leads a meeting on economic issues in Moscow on Monday. (Alexei Nikolsky, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP) Daily Beast: Putin’s Own Men Are Already Discussing Who Will Replace Him Three months into Vladimir Putin’s bloody “special operation” in Ukraine, his own men in the Kremlin are reportedly discussing who will replace him. That’s according to new reporting by the independent news outlet Meduza, which cited several sources close to the Russian presidential administration who said officials are increasingly fed up with Putin personally. Some of Putin’s own allies within the Kremlin walls have reportedly floated the idea of Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin becoming his successor, or former President Dmitry Medvedev, who is now the deputy chairman of the Security Council. Sergei Kirienko, the first deputy chief of staff of the presidential administration, was also said to have been discussed as a contender. Read more .... Update: Krem

US And Russian Chiefs Of Staff Discuss Ukraine In Rare Phone Call

U.S. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley (left) and his Russian counterpart Valery Gerasimov (file photo) The Hill: Milley speaks with Russian counterpart for first time since start of war Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley spoke with his Russian counterpart on Thursday, the first such conversation between the two since the Kremlin’s invasion of Ukraine began in late February, according to the Pentagon. Milley spoke by phone with Valery Gerasimov, chief of the Russian general staff, and they “discussed several security-related issues of concern and agreed to keep the lines of communication open,” Joint Staff spokesperson Col. Dave Butler said in a readout of the conversation. The Pentagon did not provide further information on the conversation. Read more .... WNU Editor: So much for the reports last week that Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia Valery Gerasimov was fired by Putin last week .... Putin rumor

US Secretary Of State Blinken Says China Is A Greater Long Term Threat Than Russia

Daily Mail : 'US does NOT support Taiwan independence': Blinken cleans up Biden's comments in speech saying America doesn't want 'another Cold War' with Beijing and slamming Xi Jinping for cooperating with Putin and being more 'aggressive' abroad * Sec. of State Antony Blinken issued a stark warning Thursday about China's rise * Said Beijing's cooperation with Putin 'raises alarm bells' after Ukraine invasion * Claims Xi Jinping is now 'more repressive at home and more aggressive abroad' * Cleaned up Biden's Taiwan comments by saying US doesn't back independence * Insisted U.S. Taiwan policy has not changed in decades, but he did warn against China trying to undermine the status quo Sec. of State Antony Blinken issued a stark warning Thursday morning that the threat of China will 'test U.S. diplomacy like nothing we've ever seen before' - but insisted America does not want another Cold War and do

MTQ News

Search This Blog