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Pentagon officials often cite assessments that could be outdated as justification for not providing Ukraine’s military with certain additional capabilities.

“Russia’s military is not the same as it was in 2021, and shows no signs of returning to its pre-invasion state in the near term,” the senators wrote. “Our European warfighting requirements should reflect this new reality - not in 2026, but now.”

The Pentagon did not immediately respond to questions about the senators’ letter.

The administration’s new timeline for transferring tanks to Ukraine follows public remarks by some officials who had indicated that a range of options was being evaluated. Army Secretary Christine Wormuth told reporters in February that all of the plans under consideration would take months to complete. One factor, she said, was that some allies already have deals to buy Abrams tanks from the United States.

“Some [options] could presumably get tanks to the Ukrainians more quickly but might, you know, disrupt relations with important allies and partners,” Wormuth said. “So we’re laying all that out.”

The administration initially denied Zelensky’s plea for tanks while noting that the Abrams creates a massive logistical burden on the battlefield, instead supplying Bradley and Stryker fighting vehicles and suggesting it would make sense for the Germans to supply its smaller Leopard tank instead. In what has become a pattern while assessing Ukraine’s battlefield needs, Biden eventually relented, assessing that the issue would not be resolved without an American commitment of tanks.

A similar conversation has percolated for months about providing Ukraine with fighter jets.

Ukrainian officials have asked repeatedly for American-made F16s, but the Biden administration

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has assessed that providing them now does not make sense, considering the training and maintenance they require and the significant threat posed by Russian surface-to-air missiles.

Last week, Poland and Slovakia, both NATO allies, announced that they would provide Ukraine with MiG-29 fighter jets. U.S. officials said that sending MiGs to Ukraine makes more sense because they already are familiar with the aircraft and that the answer on providing F-16s has not changed.

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