The states took such a step in response to Zelensky's request to help Ukraine with tanks and military aircraft.
The United States will mediate in the transfer of Soviet-made tanks to Ukraine from European countries , according to The New York Times , citing an anonymous representative of the US Presidential Administration Joe Biden.
The tanks will start delivering in the near future, but their number and the countries from which they will make deliveries are not named.
The decision to become a mediator of the United States was made after the request of the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky to NATO to supply us with tanks and military aircraft. The president criticized Western countries for “ping-pong” on arms supplies.
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The United States is participating in the transfer of tanks to Ukraine for the first time since the start of a full-scale war. Previously, the United States gave us only defensive weapons. On April 1, the United States promised Ukraine $ 300 million in additional military assistance, which includes the transfer of laser-guided missile systems, Switchblade and Puma drones.
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