Will the U.S. And Germany Oppose to Announce That They Will Provide Main Battle Tanks to Ukraine?

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Zelensky did the right thing. He concentrated on delivering the message to the world, and he's very good at that because his background is showbiz. Today, I'm announcing that the United States will be sending 31 Abram tanks to Ukraine, the equivalent of one Ukrainian battalion. And that's the conversation that we've been having most recently about how can we provide air defense to protect the Ukrainian population.

February 24 marks one year since Russia invaded Ukraine. Russian President Vladimir Putin believed the country’s military would be defeated quickly and Kyiv, the capital, would fall. Instead, Ukraine’s clever, nimble — and motivated — military has fought back Russia’s forces despite being vastly outgunned.

But the war has taken a terrible toll. Thousands of people have died. Cites have been devastated and millions of displaced Ukrainians are now living as refugees in other countries.

Bloomberg journalists Daryna Krasnolutska and Marc Champion in Kyiv, and Rosalind Mathieson in London join this episode to take stock of all that has happened in the past year, and what lies ahead for Ukraine.

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