Ukraine will receive 90 Soviet-designed T-72 tanks, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy announced. "We are sincerely grateful to the Netherlands, the United States, and the Czech Republic for providing significant and urgently needed support -- 90 T-72 tanks," he tweeted on November 5. "The armed forces of Ukraine are moving forward and need this equipment." A day earlier, the Pentagon said that the 90 tanks were being supplied by the Czech Republic, and were being refurbished with funding from the United States and the Netherlands. A Pentagon spokeswoman said some of the tanks should arrive by the end of December. To read the original story by RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service, click here.
Ukraine Will Receive 90 T-72 Tanks From Allies
Ukrainian soldiers drive a T-72 tank on the front line in eastern Ukraine in July.