Ukraine: le Pentagone va commencer à former les militaires ukrainiens aux chars Abrams | AFP

The decision you saw today by both Germany and the United States was several weeks in the making through many, many discussions with the Germans and with their allies and partners. But also there's a military component here too, Phil. I mean, I get it. I get where you're kind of going is these tanks are not going to get there for many months and I understand that. But those leopards won't take quite as long to get there as the Abrams and we're not wasting the time. I mean, even as we procure these tanks, we're going to be, the Pentagon very soon start doing the training for Ukrainian tankers, Ukrainian troops that man tanks, so that they can be ready to receive once those tanks are on the battlefield. As the weather conditions improve, you can expect that the Russians are going to pick up the tempo.

We have to be ready for that and I know the Ukrainians feel they have to be ready for that. So it's about helping Ukraine defend itself, but also, as you heard the President say, helping Ukraine be able to go on the offense when the weather conditions and when the operational conditions are permissive.

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