The announcement is not expected, however, to include tanks or the long-range missiles Ukraine has repeatedly asked for. “What we’re trying to look at is the mix of armored and mechanized forces that make sense,” Colin Kahl, undersecretary of defense for policy, told reporters Wednesday. Together, the two vehicles provide Ukraine a mechanized capability that can bring the fight directly to the front lines, especially combined with promised tanks from the UK and other armored vehicles from France and Germany. They are both lighter and faster than Bradley infantry fighting vehicles, which the Pentagon announced it is sending to Ukraine for the first time earlier this month. Stryker vehicles are armored vehicles capable of moving infantry across a battlefield. US has moved munitions stored in Israel for use by Ukraine Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty/Serhii Nuzhnenko via REUTERS Serhii Nuzhnenko/Radio Free Europe/Reuters Ukrainian service members fire a shell from an M777 Howitzer at a front line, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in Donetsk Region, Ukraine November 23, 2022.
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