Australia has sent nearly 50 decommissioned M1A1 Abrams tanks to Ukraine. ABC television channel reported this news. “This month, a top secret Australian Armed Forces operation was carried out in Poland to send 49 decommissioned M1A1 Abrams tanks to support Ukraine,” the document said. Journalists found that these vehicles were vulnerable to attacks by Russian drones. However, Kyiv claims that the M1A1 Abrams could play a decisive role in the conflict. According to ABC, all the logistical details of shipping tanks around the world have so far been kept secret. At the same time, the TV channel learned that the first 37 cars were delivered to Kiev in July this year. On December 4, Australian Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles announced that the country's government would send a new military support package to Ukraine. Its size will be 95 million Australian dollars (about 63 million USD). Of this, $33 million will be spent on purchasing “critical military equipment” under NATO's Ukraine Priority Requirements List (PURL) program, another $30 million will be spent on ammunition, tactical air defense radars and other equipment.
