US poised to approve Abrams tanks for Ukraine

M1 Abrams tanks at Fort Carson in Colorado Springs (Christian Murdock/The Gazette/AP)

The Biden administration is poised to approve sending M1 Abrams tanks to Ukraine, US officials said Tuesday, as international reluctance to send tanks to the battlefront against the Russians begins to erode.

The decision could be announced as soon as Wednesday, though it could take months or years for the tanks to be delivered.