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Ukraine war: Fighting heats up in east and north after tank pledges

Ukraine on Friday battled Russian troops trying to pierce its lines in the east and northeast, and artillery bombardments intensified after Western allies promised the Kyiv government it would send them tanks to repel the invaders.

Reuters

The West is sending some of the world's best battle tanks to Ukraine. This is what Kyiv is set to score

Kyiv has a new "tank coalition", with an array of powerful Western-made heavy weapons finally being sent to Ukraine after months of refusal. This is what its new battlefield line-up looks like.

ABC News

'Race against time' to get tanks to Ukraine before Europe engulfed in war with Russia

Time is ticking for troops in Ukraine after several countries in the West agreed to send tanks to help in the country's efforts against Putin's army, and an expert says there's "no time to lose"

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Ukraine recap: supply of German and US tanks to make Kyiv 'a real punching fist of democracy'

For the past several days the focus of war news has been squarely on Germany’s Olaf Scholz. The chancellor has been battling with his conscience over whether to accede to Volodymyr Zelensky’s plea to supply Ukraine with his country’s fearsome Leopard 2 tanks.

The Conversation

Ukrainian authorities detain alleged spy in security service

Investigators have detained a Ukrainian security official on suspicion of spying for Russia, authorities said on Thursday, part of an effort by Kyiv to weed out moles nearly a year into a war with Russia.

Reuters

Ukraine wakes up to deadly attacks after securing battle tanks

Eleven people were killed in a nationwide strike a day after Russia warned Western tank deliveries signal an escalation.

Al Jazeera

Fighting on two fronts: Zelenskyy battles corruption and Russia

Ukraine restarts the war on graft, and Western nations promise battle tanks. Could the two events be linked?

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Holocaust survivor finds refuge from Ukraine war in Poland

Iya Rudzitskaya, a 92-year-old Ukrainian Jew, has fled Kyiv twice. First, in 1941, when she was just 10 years old and German bombs started falling on the then Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. The second time came last year, when Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24.

Reuters

Russia launches deadly barrage of missiles at Kyiv

Ukrainian officials see assault as Moscow’s furious response to the news that the US and Germany are sending tanks to help Kyiv fight Russia’s invasion

The Independent UK

Why are Germany’s Leopard 2 tanks important to Ukraine?

Kyiv says the tanks are vital to it pushing back Russia’s invasion and reclaiming territory thas has been taken

The Independent UK

Russia angry as US, Germany promise to deliver tanks to Ukraine

The United States and Germany have announced deliveries of top-of-the-line tanks to Ukraine, signalling a new surge of Western support for an expected counter-offensive against Russia. French military and political officials are still debating the supply of additional armoured vehicles to Kyiv.

Radio France Internationale

Ukraine lauds Western move on tanks, while Russia attacks

The West's move to send tanks to Ukraine was greeted enthusiastically from Kyiv, Berlin and Washington

The Independent UK

Ukraine ‘cannot be broken’ says its top general after Russian missile attack

General Valery Zaluzhny says Ukraine successfully downed 47 of the 55 missiles launched by Russia following west’s offer of tanks

The Guardian - UK

UK aims to send Challenger tanks to Ukraine by end of March

The British government said Thursday that it would send tanks to Ukraine in the end of March. The British announcement came after French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna arrived in Odesa to meet her Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Kuleba amid a wave of Russian strikes across the country. Read our live blog…

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Evening Standard

‘We need jets and missiles to beat Russia,’ says Zelensky in fresh plea

The promise of modern tanks comes as both Ukraine and Russia are expected to launch new offensives in the war

Tribune News Service

Ukraine seeks weapons to beat back Russia: Here’s what it’s got

Ukraine’s allies have provided more than 4,000 armored vehicles, artillery pieces, aircraft and other weapon systems to help Kyiv fight Russia, and now NATO’s most powerful members are sending main battle tanks — the alliance’s best weapons designed to destroy other tanks and take back territory from the enemy.

Reuters

Russia unleashes missiles, drones at Ukraine after Kyiv secures tanks, 11 dead

Ukrainian civilians raced for cover on Thursday as Russia fired a barrage of missiles and drones across the country, killing at least 11 people, according to officials, a day after Kyiv won Western pledges of battlefield tanks to combat Moscow's invasion.

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Ukraine eyes fighter jets after tanks: ‘This is what we want’

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz says there is no chance of any fighter jets being sent to Ukraine despite renewed calls.

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Al Jazeera

US will send dozens of Abrams tanks to Ukraine, Biden announces

US president says the new military aid underscores Washington’s ‘enduring commitment’ to Kyiv against Moscow’s invasion.

Reuters

In change of course, U.S. agrees to send 31 Abrams tanks to Ukraine

The United States announced on Wednesday it will supply Ukraine with 31 advanced M1 Abrams tanks worth $400 million in a matter of months, a decision that helped break a diplomatic logjam with Germany over how best to help Kyiv in its war against Russia.

The Independent UK

US vows ‘long term commitment’ to Ukraine as it sends in fleet of Abrams tanks and tow vehicles to Kyiv

President Joe Biden says the M1 Abrams tanks the US will provide to Ukraine ‘are evidence of our commitment to Ukraine and our confidence in the skill of the Ukrainian forces’

Asharq Al-Awsat

Ukraine Sets Sights on Fighter Jets after Securing Tank Supplies

Ukraine will now push for Western fourth generation fighter jets such as the US F-16 after securing supplies of main battle tanks, an adviser to Ukraine's defense minister said on Wednesday. Ukraine won a huge boost for its troops as Germany announced plans to provide heavy tanks for Kyiv on…

Reuters

Ukraine sets sights on fighter jets after securing tank supplies

Ukraine will now push for Western fourth generation fighter jets such as the U.S. F-16 after securing supplies of main battle tanks, an adviser to Ukraine's defence minister said.

Reuters

Analysis-Zelenskiy purges officials to keep Ukrainians and West onside

The biggest shake-up of Ukraine's government since Russia's full-scale invasion underlines President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's need to show key Western partners and war-weary Ukrainians that he is serious about tackling corruption and punishing misrule.

Al Jazeera

Which countries are supplying tanks to Ukraine?

US, Germany, and UK have pledged to provide advanced battle tanks to Kyiv – a move Russia called ‘extremely dangerous’.

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