NATO: Ukraine allies sent 1,550 combat vehicles, 230 tanks

By DAVID RISING and LORNE COOK
Associated Press

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — NATO’s head says the military alliance’s members and its partner countries have delivered more than 98% of the combat vehicles promised to Ukraine during Russia’s invasion and war. The equipment gives Kyiv a bigger punch as it contemplates launching a counteroffensive. NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Thursday that Ukraine’s allies have sent more than 1,550 armored vehicles, 230 tanks and other equipment, as well as “vast amounts of ammunition.” He says the allies have also trained and equipped more than nine new Ukrainian brigades, about 30,000 troops. Stoltenberg said in Brussels that the deliveries “will put Ukraine in a strong position to continue to retake occupied territory.”