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U.S. announces Abrams tanks for Poland as Russia threat mounts

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin attends a welcoming ceremony before his meeting with Polish Defence Minister Mariusz Blaszczak (not pictured) in Warsaw, Poland February 18, 2022. Slawomir Kaminski/Agencja Wyborcza.pl via REUTERS

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced on Friday the planned sale of 250 Abrams tanks to Poland, as Washington moves to strengthen the defenses of a key eastern European ally amid a mounting threat of war between neighboring Ukraine and Russia.

Austin made the announcement during a trip to Warsaw, where Polish leaders have been alarmed by the deployment of thousands of Russian forces in neighboring Belarus, part of a massive Russian buildup around Ukraine that NATO says positions Moscow for an invasion. Russia denies plans to invade.

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