{"id":572386,"date":"2023-01-25T05:56:03","date_gmt":"2023-01-25T16:07:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/?p=572386"},"modified":"2023-02-04T05:53:32","modified_gmt":"2023-02-04T05:53:32","slug":"russia-ukraine-war-live-biden-confirms-us-to-send-31-abrams-tanks-to-ukraine-but-says-it-will-take-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/news\/russia-ukraine-war-live-biden-confirms-us-to-send-31-abrams-tanks-to-ukraine-but-says-it-will-take-time","title":{"rendered":"Russia-Ukraine war live: Biden confirms US to send 31 Abrams tanks to Ukraine but says it will take time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>5.11pm GMT Biden: Delivering Abrams tanks to Ukraine &#8216;will take time&#8217; Ukrainian troops need to improve their ability to manoeuvre in open terrain and to deter and defend against Russian aggression, Biden says. That&#8217;s why the US has committed hundreds of armoured fighting vehicles to date, including more than 500 as part of the assistance package we announced last Friday. And today, I&#8217;m announcing that the United States will be sending 31 Abrams tanks to Ukraine. Biden describes the Abrams tanks as &#8220;the most capable tanks in the world&#8221; and &#8220;extremely complex to operate and maintain&#8221;. The US is therefore also giving Ukraine the parts and equipment necessary to effectively sustain these tanks on the battlefield. He continues: Delivering these tanks to the field is going to take time &#8211; time that we&#8217;ll use to make sure the Ukrainians are fully prepared to integrate the Abrams tanks into their defences. Updated at 5.12pm GMT 5.04pm GMT Biden confirms US will<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US president announces military vehicles for Kyiv after German chancellor announces 14 Leopard 2 tanks will also be sent<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-572386","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-politics"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/572386","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=572386"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/572386\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=572386"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=572386"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=572386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}