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Newsday: 26/01/2023 06:06 GMT : Russia: Tanks to Ukraine ‘a dangerous provocation’

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26/01/2023 06:06 GMT : Russia: Tanks to Ukraine ‘a dangerous provocation’

Russia: Tanks to Ukraine ‘a dangerous provocation’

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US will send 31 Abrams tanks and Germany will send 14 Leopard tanks

Joe Biden insists that sending the tanks would not be an offensive threat to Moscow

President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that now the United States and Germany have promised to send Ukraine advanced tanks, their rapid delivery in sufficient numbers is vital to defend against Russia. Mr Zelensky added that long-range missiles, aircraft and more artillery were also wanted. 

UN figures show opium production in Myanmar rose by a third last year, bucking an eight-year decline.

And Meta has said it will reinstate the Facebook and Instagram accounts of the former US president Donald Trump.

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