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What you need to know about the Abrams tanks bound for Ukraine

By Tara Copp, Lolita Baldor, Associated Press

U.S. officials balked for months at sending M1 Abrams tanks to Ukraine, insisting they were too complicated and too hard to maintain and repair. That has abruptly changed.

IOC seeks pathway to let Russians compete at 2024 Paris Olympics

By Graham Dunbar, Associated Press

The IOC has made clear it wants Russians to compete at the 2024 Paris Olympics as neutral athletes. That's in defiance of Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelenskyy's call to exclude Russians entirely in Paris in 18 months' time.

U.S. and Germany send battle tanks to aid Ukraine against Russia

By Frank Jordans, Kirsten Grieshaber, Associated Press

Pentagon press secretary Pat Ryder will hold a news conference on Wednesday following news that 31 Abrams tanks will be sent to Ukraine as that country continues to fend off an invasion by Russia.

WATCH: Biden announces 31 Abrams tanks will be sent to Ukraine for fight against Russian invasion

By Associated Press

President Joe Biden will deliver remarks on supporting Ukraine Wednesday as the U.S. prepares to send tanks to the embattled country.

After U.S. reversal, Germany to provide Ukraine with tanks

By Frank Jordans, Kirsten Grieshaber, Associated Press

The German government has confirmed it will provide Ukraine with Leopard 2 battle tanks and approve requests by other countries to do the same.

Former FBI agent charged with violating sanctions against Russia, aiding oligarch

By Nick Schifrin, Dan Sagalyn

A former senior FBI official will appear in a federal court, but not as an investigator or a government witness. Charlie McGonigal is charged with hiding $225,000 he received from a former Albanian intelligence officer while he was still with…

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Russia’s invasion of Ukraine pushes ‘Doomsday Clock’ to 90 seconds to midnight

By Seth Borenstein, Associated Press

The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists says the world is closer to Armageddon than it has ever been. The science-based advocacy group is moving its famous Doomsday Clock to just 90 seconds before midnight.

In reversal, U.S. is expected to send Abrams tanks for Ukraine

By Lolita C. Baldor, Matthew Lee, Associated Press

According to one official, the U.S. announcement is expected to come on Wednesday in coordination with an announcement by Germany that it will approve Poland's request to transfer German-made Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine.

Ukraine corruption scandal ousts top officials amid Russian invasion

By Andrew Meldrum, Associated Press

Several senior Ukrainian government officials have lost their jobs as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy faces a burgeoning corruption scandal. It's Ukraine's biggest shake-up since Russia invaded.

WATCH: Pentagon holds news briefing as the U.S. plans to approve Abrams tanks for Ukraine

By Andrew Meldrum, Associated Press

In what would be a reversal, the Biden administration is poised to approve sending M1 Abrams tanks to Ukraine, U.S. officials said Tuesday, as international reluctance to send tanks to the battlefront against the Russians begins to erode.