The U.S. is speeding up the training and delivery of Abrams tanks and Patriot missile defense systems for Ukraine as preparations ramp up for expected heavy fighting this year.
FORT SILL, Okla. — The U.S. is accelerating the training and delivery of Abrams tanks and Patriot missile defense systems for Ukraine, as preparations ramp up for expected heavy fighting this year.
Meanwhile, 65 Ukrainians are wrapping up training on the Patriot missile system at Fort Sill, Okla., in the coming days, base military officials said as they hosted a small group reporters to view the instruction. The Ukrainian air defenders and two donated Patriot systems will be on the battlefield in a matter of weeks, after training began in mid-January.
“Due to their extensive air defense knowledge and experience in a combat zone, it was easier — though it’s never easy — for them to grasp the Patriot” technology, he added. “Their higher education and their certification certainly aided their training, they are the best of the best in what they do in air defense for Ukraine.”
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