US-made Abrams tanks unlikely to appear in Ukraine, Russian envoy says

Washington is not really going to deliver Abrams tanks to Kiev and they are unlikely to appear in Ukraine, head of the Russian delegation to the Vienna talks on military security and arms control Konstantin Gavrilov told the Rossiya-24 TV channel on Monday.

"The Americans skillfully sucked Germany into this adventure by promising to deliver the Abramses and now they are basically forcing the Germans to deliver [the tanks]. And they are not really going [to supply] their Abramses and, I think, we are unlikely to ever see them in Ukraine," the diplomat said.