American-made Abrams battle tanks will arrive in Ukraine soon, the U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin III said, finally bringing a powerful new weapon to the battlefield in a bid to help Ukraine advance in its slow-moving counteroffensive against Russia.
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Russian forces struck the largest oil refinery in central Ukraine on Wednesday, local authorities said, in an attack that appeared to be part of a campaign by Moscow to debilitate the country’s economy and weaken the government.
Ukraine’s counteroffensive has breached Russian defenses, but progress has been grueling and slow. Familiar obstacles, fresh troops and worsening weather lie ahead.