Bipartisan group of senators call for US to send tanks to Ukraine to encourage allies to do the same

BY A STAFF REPORTER: A bipartisan group of United States senators who just returned from a visit to Ukraine urged President Joe Biden's administration to send tanks to Kyiv in hopes of encouraging Germany and other allies to also send tanks. “The best tank for the fight is the German Leopard tank and American tanks can be helpful in this regard. If we send some Abrams tanks, it will open the floodgates to more tanks coming from allies,” Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham said at a news conference Tuesday. Graham said that despite some issues associated with the American Abrams tanks, sending them would still be an important signal. US officials said publicly last week that hesitations stemmed from the tanks being costly and requiring a significant amount of training to operate. “To the Biden administration, please send the tanks. To the Germans, please send the tanks,” Graham said.