MELBOURNE, Australia — Australia will give 49 of its aging M1A1 Abrams tanks to Ukraine months after Kyiv requested the redundant fleet, Defense Minister Richard Marles said Thursday.
The Australia n government was giving Ukraine most of its American-made M1A1 tanks, which are valued at 245 million Australia n dollars , Marles said. They will be replaced in Australia by a fleet of 75 next-generation M1A2 tanks.In February, Marles said that giving Ukraine the tanks as they were phased out was not on his government's agenda. But on Thursday he said he did not regard the donation as a backflip on his government's previous position.
International Traffic in Arms Regulations, Defense Industry and Capability Delivery Minister Pat Conroy said.'We are working very closely with our U.S. allies on the donation of these tanks,' Conroy said.The United States agreed to send 31 Abrams tanks to Ukraine in January 2023 after an aggressive monthslong campaign by Kyiv arguing that the tanks were vital to its ability to breach Russian lines.
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