The tanks have been part of the total assistance of Australia’s 1.5 billion dollars, which Kanberra has given Kyiv since the beginning of a full -scale invasion of the Russian Federation.
Australia in Ukraine has provided most Abrams tanks as part of a military assistance package for Australian 245 million dollars ($ 160 million). This was announced by the country’s defense minister Richard Marles, Reuters report on Saturday, July 19.
According to him, Ukraine has already received most of the 49 tanks promised by Australia, and the rest will be delivered “in the coming months.”
“The M1A1 Abrams tanks will make a significant contribution to the Ukraine struggle against illegal and immoral invasion of Russia,” Marles said.
The agency added that the tanks have been part of the total assistance of Australian’s 1.5 billion dollars ($ 980 million), which Kanberra has given Kyiv since the beginning of a full -scale invasion of the Russian Federation.
Remember that in October 2024 it was learned that Australia plans to move 49 Abrams M1A1 tanks to Ukraine. We are talking about battle vehicles that will write the Australian Army. Australia has begun to receive from the United States the first of the 75 new M1A2 tanks, which gradually replaced former M1A1 models.
In April of this year, Australia reported that Australia did not give Ukraine the promised Abrams because of the position of the United States. Difficulties in the tanks appeared when US president Donald Trump temporarily frozen in Ukraine.
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