FILE PHOTO. US Marines drive an M1 Abrams to take part in an exercise to capture an airfield as part of the Trident Juncture 2018, a NATO-led military exercise near the town of Oppdal, Norway. © Jonathan NACKSTRAND / AFP
CNBC: Russia fumes at West’s decision to send tanks to Ukraine, says red lines have been crossed
* Russia expressed mounting fury at the prospect of modern Western tanks being sent to Ukraine.
* The Kremlin’s spokesman described it as an “absurd” plan that scuppers the prospect of talks to end the war.
* The Russian Embassy in Berlin called the German government’s decision “extremely dangerous” and said it “takes the conflict to a new level of confrontation.”
Russia expressed mounting fury at the prospect of modern Western tanks being sent to Ukraine, calling it “extremely dangerous” and saying previous “red lines” were now a thing of the past.
Germany announced earlier Wednesday that it was ready to send 14 Leopard 2 battle tanks to Ukraine, and to allow other countries to send their own German-made tanks to Kyiv.
The U.S. is also expected to announce its own intention to send Abrams tanks to Ukraine imminently.
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WNU Editor: The big story on Russian news media is not the announcement that tanks are going to be sent to Ukraine, but what the German Foreign Minister said today …. Germany ‘at war’ with Russia – FM (RT).
Russian Reaction To Today’s U.S. And German Announcement That Battlefield Tanks Will Be Sent To Ukraine
Leopard tanks to be destroyed, just like Tigers, Panthers during WWII — Minister — TASS
Kremlin says U.S.-supplied tanks will ‘burn’ in Ukraine — Reuters
Russia scorns Germany for sending Leopard battle tanks to Ukraine — Al Jazeera
Abrams tank deliveries to Kiev ‘a losing scheme’ for technological reasons, says Kremlin – TASS