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biden. abrams battle tanks finally heading to ukraine. cnn s chief white house correspondent phil mattingly has the reporting. we are fully, thoroughly, totally united. reporter: a diplomatic break through with dramatic implications. the united states will be sending 31 abram tanks to ukraine. reporter: the u.s. tanks set to significantly expand ukraine s battlefield capabilities. it makes it possible for germany, but also other european nato allies to provide battle tanks to ukraine and that will significantly strengthen their combat capabilities. reporter: at the same moment europe s largest land war in 80 years is in its most after weeks of u.s. officials say it was untenable. the maintenance and high cost it would take to maintain an abrams doesn t make sense to provide that to the ukrainians at this time. reporter: their inclusion a demand from german officials in order to clear the way for delivery of their own tanks and to sign off on the german ....
Development, particularly with the leopard 2 tanks. there s been a meme with ukrainians posting pictures of leopards, the creature and the tank. people are putting leopard skin outfits on and taking selfies to show the effect it s having on this country, not even yet mentioning the military implications. this is how the president of ukraine, zelenskyy, reacted. translator: today is a day of extremely good fnews for ukrain. the key thing now is speed and volume. the speed of training our military, the speed of delivering the tanks to ukraine. we must form a tank fist, a fist of freedom that won t let tyranny stand up. reporter: that tank fist was a phrase that the defense ....