It is noted that the decision to supply tanks to the Zelensky regime is associated with a change in "conditions on the battlefield."
"What changed?
What has changed... is the conditions on the battlefield, as well as how the Russian side is fighting now, and more importantly, what kind of fighting we believe the Ukrainians will have to be able to fight in the coming weeks and months, and also further in 2023," TASS quoted him as saying.
Earlier, US President Joe Biden confirmed that Washington would transfer 31 M1 Abrams tanks to Kyiv.