"Pentagon accelerates tank and missile system deliveries to Ukraine"

The Pentagon has announced that it will send M1 Abrams tanks to Ukraine by the fall, after initially stating it could take a year or two to procure the weapons. The new plan calls for refurbishing tank hulls already in the US arsenal. The move comes as Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping hold talks in Moscow, fueling concern in the US and Europe that Beijing will come to the Kremlin’s aid as its military continues to suffer massive losses in Ukraine. A bipartisan group of senators urged the Pentagon to conduct an “urgent and comprehensive” assessment of what it would need to counter Russia in Europe should conflict erupt between the nuclear powers.