{"id":1823960,"date":"2023-01-25T16:19:45","date_gmt":"2023-01-25T21:19:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1823960"},"modified":"2023-01-25T16:23:41","modified_gmt":"2023-01-25T21:23:41","slug":"after-ukraine-scores-u-s-tanks-kyiv-plans-push-for-modern-fighter-jets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/after-ukraine-scores-u-s-tanks-kyiv-plans-push-for-modern-fighter-jets\/","title":{"rendered":"After Ukraine Scores U.S. Tanks, Kyiv Plans Push For Modern Fighter Jets"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fafter-ukraine-scores-u-s-tanks-kyiv-plans-push-for-modern-fighter-jets%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1823960&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/ukraine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ukraine<\/a> The intention is to press the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/united-states\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">United States<\/a> for fourth-generation fighter jets after President Joe Biden agreed to send dozens of top U.S. battle tanks to aid Kyiv\u2019s war against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/russia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Russia<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The White House announced Wednesday that it would send 31 M1 Abrams combat tanks to Ukraine. This was a major change after officials claimed the tanks were too complicated for the inexperienced Ukraine military. Biden described the tanks as a symbol of freedom and democracy. \u201cunflagging commitment\u201d to Ukraine\u2019s cause.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese tanks are further evidence of our enduring, unflagging commitment to Ukraine and our confidence in the skill of the Ukrainian forces,\u201d Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/speeches-remarks\/2023\/01\/25\/remarks-by-president-biden-on-continued-support-for-ukraine\/\">said<\/a>. \u201cAs I told President Zelensky when he was here \u2014 and today is his birthday, by the way \u2014 in December: We\u2019re with you for as long as it takes, Mr. President.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative fund, which Congress approved to assist Ukraine, will pay for the tanks. Using the fund will delay Ukraine\u2019s reception of the tanks by months, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2023\/01\/25\/u-s-to-send-31-abrams-tanks-to-ukraine-in-major-reversal-00079437\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">POLITICO<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Pentagon will acquire the tanks, along with support vehicles and supplies, to be given to the Ukrainians for their maintenance. While the aid is being shipped and prepared, the U.S. military will be trained on how to maintain and use the tanks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Abrams tanks are the most capable tanks in the world. They are also extremely complex to operate and maintain,\u201d Biden said. \u201cSo we\u2019re also giving Ukraine the parts and equipment necessary to effectively sustain these tanks on the battlefield. We\u2019ll begin to train Ukrainian troops on these issues of sustainment, logistics and maintenance as soon as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden\u2019s announcement seems to have encouraged Ukraine to put in larger requests to the White House. Ukraine\u2019s military leaders now have their eyes on fourth-generation fighter jets from the United States, such as F-16s. Due to the potential for an escalated conflict between Moscow and Kyiv, the United States previously refused such requests.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe next big hurdle will now be the fighter jets,\u201d Yuriy Sak was an advisor to Oleksiy Reznikov the Ukrainian Defence Minister. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/europe\/ukraine-sets-sights-fighter-jets-after-securing-tank-supplies-2023-01-25\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reuters<\/a> Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf we get them, the advantages on the battlefield will be just immense,\u201d Sak. \u201cIt\u2019s not just F-16s: fourth generation aircraft, this is what we want.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After Germany&#8217;s pressure, the Biden administration agreed with Kyiv to send Abrams tanks to Ukraine. However, it insisted that it would keep its Leopard 2 tanks. The U.S. preferred sending Leopard 2s to Ukraine over Abrams, as the Leopard 2s are easier for Ukrainians to manage and maintain.<\/p>\n<p>Biden also requested Israel to provide Ukraine Hawk anti-aircraft weapons that Israel acquired from the United States during the 1960s. According to Israel, the request was denied. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2023\/01\/25\/israel-ukraine-hawk-missile-biden-administration-request\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Axios<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ukraine intends to press the United States for fourth-generation fighter jets after President Joe Biden agreed to send dozens of top U.S. battle tanks to aid Kyiv\u2019s war against Russia. The White House announced on Wednesday that it will send 31 M1 Abrams battle tanks to Ukraine, a major reversal after officials said the tanks &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":70,"featured_media":1823963,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[8539,9532,8069,10004,3641,3688,9272,12824,7238,6991],"class_list":["post-1823960","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire","tag-modern","tag-fighter","tag-jets","tag-kyiv","tag-plans","tag-push","tag-scores","tag-tanks","tag-u-s","tag-ukraine"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1823960","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/70"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1823960"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1823960\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1823963"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1823960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1823960"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1823960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}