Ukraine Downs Another 47 Russian Missiles

Ukraine has destroyed 47 out of 55 Russian missiles launched against Kyiv and other targets, Ukraine Daily reported, quoting Valerii Zaluzhnyi, commander-in-chief of Ukraine's Armed Forces.

Photo Insert: A downed Russian missile

Germany promised to deliver Leopard tanks to Ukraine by early April, while Poland says tanks will arrive in a few weeks, the German broadcast service Deutsche Welle reported.

Canada will also send 4 Leopard tanks to Ukraine while the UK wants to deliver Challenger tanks to Ukraine by end of March. Equipped with state-of-the-art targeting technology and advanced armor, the Challenger 2 is considered to be superior to the Soviet-era tanks currently operated by both Ukraine and Russia in the war.

The US is planning to send Ukraine a more advanced M1A2 configuration of the Abrams tank, rather than the older version that the US military has in storage, three people with knowledge of the matter told Politico.

President Joe Biden announced on Jan. 25 that the U. will send Ukraine a battalion of 31 M1 Abrams tanks in a significant show of support for Kyiv’s fight against Russia.

Lockheed Martin is ready to increase F16 production as allies seek to send fighter jets to Ukraine.

Frank St. John, the chief operating officer of Lockheed Martin, said the company was “going to be ramping production on F-16s in Greenville, South Carolina to get to the place where we will be able to backfill pretty capably any countries that choose to do third-party transfers to help with the current conflict,” Kyiv Independent reported.

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