President Biden confirmed the shipment of Bradleys Thursday in a readout of his call with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz.
Germany is also expected to provide Ukraine with a compliment of Marder fighting vehicles, which serve a similar role to the American-made Bradley.
President Joe Biden meets with German leader Olaf Sholz and French President Emmanuel Macron at the G20 summit in November. The three leaders have committed this week to providing Ukraine with updated fighting vehicles.The announcement that the US and Germany would provide the armored vehicles to Ukraine comes a day after France announced it would give Kyiv AMX-10 RCs — lightly armored wheeled vehicles that carry a cannon large enough to destroy tanks.German Marder infantry fighting vehicles.
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