On Wednesday, January 25, US President Joe Biden spoke at the White House with an appeal regarding military aid to Ukraine.

In particular, the American leader announced the transfer of Abrams tanks to Ukraine. 

TSN.ua collected the main theses from the US leader's speech.

We should add that during Joe Biden's speech, the head of the US Ministry of Defense Lloyd Austin and US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken were behind him

The USA is transferring 31 Abrams tanks to Ukraine

US President Joe Biden announced the transfer of 31 Abrams tanks to Ukraine, which was previously reported by the media.

The head of the White House emphasized that "this is necessary to strengthen Ukraine's defense capability."

The terms of delivery of weapons are unknown.

"Today I am announcing that the United States is transferring 31 Abrams tanks to Ukraine. We are sending a whole battalion of these tanks to Ukraine. This was recommended by Defense Minister Austin. This is necessary to strengthen Ukraine's defense capabilities. Abrams tanks are one of the most advanced in the world. They are very complex in management and operation. We will train the Ukrainian military and start doing it immediately.

It takes time to deliver the tanks,

" Biden said. 

Ukraine is planning a counteroffensive 

Biden announced

Ukraine's intentions to launch a counteroffensive

to recapture territories captured by Russia.

Therefore, the American leader emphasized that "in the very short term, Ukrainian forces need help." 

"Ukraine is trying to defend its territories and 

conduct a counteroffensive. In the very short term, 

they need opportunities to retaliate against Russian troops," the president emphasized.

The main goal of the US in helping Ukraine

US President Joe Biden said that his country's main goal in supporting Ukraine is to help the country protect its sovereignty and territorial integrity.

"The only goal is to protect ourselves, our territory. That is why we are doing all this. And we will not allow any one country to violate the territorial integrity of another country. 

Our goal is to preserve the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine

. This is the main goal and this is the main condition." , - said Biden, emphasizing that Putin was wrong that "the determination of Europe and the United States will weaken."

A conversation with NATO allies

The head of the White House, Biden, said that on the morning of January 25, before making the decision on the transfer of tanks, he held negotiations with NATO allies, in particular with Germany, France and Italy.  

"This morning I spoke with our NATO allies - German Chancellor Scholz, French President Macron, Italian Prime Minister Meloni - to

 coordinate our support for Ukraine.

 Russia expected us to fall apart, but 

we are completely united

," - assured the president.

We will remind, on January 25, Germany decided to transfer to Ukraine 14 self-produced Leopard 2 tanks (companies) from the Bundeswehr.

In addition, Berlin allowed other countries to send these tanks to Ukraine. 

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