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The Lithuanian government has chosen Germany’s Leopard 2 over the US-made Abrams Lithuania’s government has opted against the US-made M1 Abrams for a major purchase of battle tanks, instead choosing Germany’s Leopard 2 as part of a military buildup in response to security concerns triggered by the Russia-Ukraine conflict.

Pentagon officials have reportedly claimed that Kiev is now pouring Western-trained reserves into the battlefront A New York Times report has claimed that nearly two months after Ukraine launched its long-awaited counteroffensive against Russian forces, Kiev has begun the “main thrust” of the operation by deploying thousands of troops that had previously been held in…