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The Guardian - UK
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Dan Sabbagh and Philip Oltermann in Oslo

US and Germany agree to send infantry fighting vehicles to Ukraine

US Bradley fighting vehicles in Latvia, February 2017.
US Bradley fighting vehicles in Latvia, February 2017. Photograph: Ints Kalniņš/Reuters

Joe Biden and his German counterpart Olaf Scholz have agreed to send infantry fighting vehicles to help Ukraine fight Russia, a day after France said it would supply its own armoured vehicles to Kyiv in an attempt to create a breakthrough in the 10-month war.

The joint announcement followed a phone call between Biden and Scholz and amounts to a step change in western military support for Ukraine, which has asked for up to 700 armoured vehicles to help force the Russians out.

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