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US Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Hearing Examining Worldwide Threats

United States Senator Mark Warner (Democrat of Virginia), Ranking Member, US Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, questions John Ratcliffe, Director, Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) during the hearing to examine worldwide threats in the Hart Senate Office Building in Washington, DC, on Tuesday, March 25, 2025. He references a conversation regarding recent attacks toward Houthi rebels in Yemen, over the private messaging app Signal, which included Tulsi Gabbard, John Ratcliffe, and Kash Patel, among others. Photo by Mattie Neretin / CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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US Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Hearing Examining Worldwide Threats

John Ratcliffe, Director, Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) responds to United States Senator Mark Warner (Democrat of Virginia), Ranking Member, US Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, during the hearing to examine worldwide threats in the Hart Senate office building in Washington, DC, on Tuesday, March 25, 2025. He references a conversation regarding recent attacks toward Houthi rebels in Yemen, over the private messaging app Signal, which included Tulsi Gabbard, John Ratcliffe, and Kash Patel, among others. He claims that the contents of the messages were not classified, and that signal was the messaging app of choice when he began work at the CIA. Photo by Mattie Neretin / CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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US Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Hearing Examining Worldwide Threats

United States Senator Mark Warner (Democrat of Virginia), Ranking Member, US Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, questions John Ratcliffe, Director, Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) during the hearing to examine worldwide threats in the Hart Senate Office Building in Washington, DC, on Tuesday, March 25, 2025. He references a conversation regarding recent attacks toward Houthi rebels in Yemen, over the private messaging app Signal, which included Tulsi Gabbard, John Ratcliffe, and Kash Patel, among others. Photo by Mattie Neretin / CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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US Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Hearing Examining Worldwide Threats

United States Senator Mark Warner (Democrat of Virginia), Ranking Member, US Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, questions John Ratcliffe, Director, Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) during the hearing to examine worldwide threats in the Hart Senate Office Building in Washington, DC, on Tuesday, March 25, 2025. He references a conversation regarding recent attacks toward Houthi rebels in Yemen, over the private messaging app Signal, which included Tulsi Gabbard, John Ratcliffe, and Kash Patel, among others. Photo by Mattie Neretin / CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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US Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Hearing Examining Worldwide Threats

John Ratcliffe, Director, Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) responds to United States Senator Mark Warner (Democrat of Virginia), Ranking Member, US Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, during the hearing to examine worldwide threats in the Hart Senate office building in Washington, DC, on Tuesday, March 25, 2025. He references a conversation regarding recent attacks toward Houthi rebels in Yemen, over the private messaging app Signal, which included Tulsi Gabbard, John Ratcliffe, and Kash Patel, among others. He claims that the contents of the messages were not classified, and that signal was the messaging app of choice when he began work at the CIA. Photo by Mattie Neretin / CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Iran Marks 1979 US Embassy Seizure - Tehran

A child shouts slogans while holding signs with anti-U.S. messaging during the rally commemorating the hostage crisis outside the former U.S. embassy in Tehran, Iran, on November 3, 2024. This gathering marks the 45th anniversary of the Iran hostage crisis, which began in 1979 when Iranian students seized the U.S. embassy and held fifty-two embassy staff captive for 444 days. Photo by Hossein Beris/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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10th China (Shanghai) International Technology Fair in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, CHINA - JUNE 12, 2024 - Visitors visit a quantum-encrypted instant messaging system at The 10th China (Shanghai) International Technology Fair in Shanghai, China, June 12, 2024.

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Türkiye detains 13 suspects over links to failed coup

STORY: Türkiye detains 13 suspects over links to failed coup SHOOTING TIME: Dec. 21, 2023 DATELINE: Dec. 22, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:37 LOCATION: ISTANBUL, Türkiye CATEGORY: POLITICS/LAW SHOTLIST: 1. various of anti-terrorism police arresting suspects STORYLINE: Turkish police on Thursday rounded up 13 suspects in Istanbul who were at large despite an arrest warrant over their alleged links to a network accused of orchestrating a coup attempt in 2016. The police found that some of the fugitives had stayed at houses that were identified as the cells of the movement led by U.S.-based Turkish preacher Fethullah Gulen, according to the private Turkish broadcaster NTV. The teams carried out simultaneous raids at those "cell houses" in an operation in Istanbul and detained 13 suspects, it said. The suspects were allegedly using the Gulen movement's encrypted messaging app ByLock and played an active role within the organization, NTV reported. The Turkish government accuses the Gulen movement of infiltrating the s

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Stop Using WhatsApp French PM Tells Ministers

Illustration of the French encrypted messaging service "Olvid" on the phone screen in Paris on December 1, 2023. French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne has banned widely used messaging applications WhatsApp, Telegram and Signal for ministers and their teams due to security vulnerabilities. Borne set a deadline of December 8 for the government to switch to using the French app Olvid instead, which is certified by France's cybersecurity agency ANSSI. Tchap, the government-developed secure messaging and collaboration app, launched in 2019, is also allowed. Photo by Blondet Eliot/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Stop Using WhatsApp French PM Tells Ministers

Illustration of the French encrypted messaging service "Olvid" on the phone screen in Paris on December 1, 2023. French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne has banned widely used messaging applications WhatsApp, Telegram and Signal for ministers and their teams due to security vulnerabilities. Borne set a deadline of December 8 for the government to switch to using the French app Olvid instead, which is certified by France's cybersecurity agency ANSSI. Tchap, the government-developed secure messaging and collaboration app, launched in 2019, is also allowed. Photo by Blondet Eliot/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Stop Using WhatsApp French PM Tells Ministers

Illustration of the French encrypted messaging service "Olvid" on the phone screen in Paris on December 1, 2023. French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne has banned widely used messaging applications WhatsApp, Telegram and Signal for ministers and their teams due to security vulnerabilities. Borne set a deadline of December 8 for the government to switch to using the French app Olvid instead, which is certified by France's cybersecurity agency ANSSI. Tchap, the government-developed secure messaging and collaboration app, launched in 2019, is also allowed. Photo by Blondet Eliot/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Stop Using WhatsApp French PM Tells Ministers

Illustration of the French encrypted messaging service "Olvid" on the phone screen in Paris on December 1, 2023. French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne has banned widely used messaging applications WhatsApp, Telegram and Signal for ministers and their teams due to security vulnerabilities. Borne set a deadline of December 8 for the government to switch to using the French app Olvid instead, which is certified by France's cybersecurity agency ANSSI. Tchap, the government-developed secure messaging and collaboration app, launched in 2019, is also allowed. Photo by Blondet Eliot/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Stop Using WhatsApp French PM Tells Ministers

Illustration of the French encrypted messaging service "Olvid" on the phone screen in Paris on December 1, 2023. French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne has banned widely used messaging applications WhatsApp, Telegram and Signal for ministers and their teams due to security vulnerabilities. Borne set a deadline of December 8 for the government to switch to using the French app Olvid instead, which is certified by France's cybersecurity agency ANSSI. Tchap, the government-developed secure messaging and collaboration app, launched in 2019, is also allowed. Photo by Blondet Eliot/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Stop Using WhatsApp French PM Tells Ministers

Illustration of the French encrypted messaging service "Olvid" on the phone screen in Paris on December 1, 2023. French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne has banned widely used messaging applications WhatsApp, Telegram and Signal for ministers and their teams due to security vulnerabilities. Borne set a deadline of December 8 for the government to switch to using the French app Olvid instead, which is certified by France's cybersecurity agency ANSSI. Tchap, the government-developed secure messaging and collaboration app, launched in 2019, is also allowed. Photo by Blondet Eliot/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Stop Using WhatsApp French PM Tells Ministers

Illustration of the French encrypted messaging service "Olvid" on the phone screen in Paris on December 1, 2023. French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne has banned widely used messaging applications WhatsApp, Telegram and Signal for ministers and their teams due to security vulnerabilities. Borne set a deadline of December 8 for the government to switch to using the French app Olvid instead, which is certified by France's cybersecurity agency ANSSI. Tchap, the government-developed secure messaging and collaboration app, launched in 2019, is also allowed. Photo by Blondet Eliot/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Stop Using WhatsApp French PM Tells Ministers

Illustration of the French encrypted messaging service "Olvid" on the phone screen in Paris on December 1, 2023. French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne has banned widely used messaging applications WhatsApp, Telegram and Signal for ministers and their teams due to security vulnerabilities. Borne set a deadline of December 8 for the government to switch to using the French app Olvid instead, which is certified by France's cybersecurity agency ANSSI. Tchap, the government-developed secure messaging and collaboration app, launched in 2019, is also allowed. Photo by Blondet Eliot/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Stop Using WhatsApp French PM Tells Ministers

Illustration of the French encrypted messaging service "Olvid" on the phone screen in Paris on December 1, 2023. French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne has banned widely used messaging applications WhatsApp, Telegram and Signal for ministers and their teams due to security vulnerabilities. Borne set a deadline of December 8 for the government to switch to using the French app Olvid instead, which is certified by France's cybersecurity agency ANSSI. Tchap, the government-developed secure messaging and collaboration app, launched in 2019, is also allowed. Photo by Blondet Eliot/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Stop Using WhatsApp French PM Tells Ministers

Illustration of the French encrypted messaging service "Olvid" on the phone screen in Paris on December 1, 2023. French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne has banned widely used messaging applications WhatsApp, Telegram and Signal for ministers and their teams due to security vulnerabilities. Borne set a deadline of December 8 for the government to switch to using the French app Olvid instead, which is certified by France's cybersecurity agency ANSSI. Tchap, the government-developed secure messaging and collaboration app, launched in 2019, is also allowed. Photo by Blondet Eliot/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Stop Using WhatsApp French PM Tells Ministers

Illustration of the French encrypted messaging service "Olvid" on the phone screen in Paris on December 1, 2023. French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne has banned widely used messaging applications WhatsApp, Telegram and Signal for ministers and their teams due to security vulnerabilities. Borne set a deadline of December 8 for the government to switch to using the French app Olvid instead, which is certified by France's cybersecurity agency ANSSI. Tchap, the government-developed secure messaging and collaboration app, launched in 2019, is also allowed. Photo by Blondet Eliot/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Stop Using WhatsApp French PM Tells Ministers

Illustration of the French encrypted messaging service "Olvid" on the phone screen in Paris on December 1, 2023. French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne has banned widely used messaging applications WhatsApp, Telegram and Signal for ministers and their teams due to security vulnerabilities. Borne set a deadline of December 8 for the government to switch to using the French app Olvid instead, which is certified by France's cybersecurity agency ANSSI. Tchap, the government-developed secure messaging and collaboration app, launched in 2019, is also allowed. Photo by Blondet Eliot/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Stop Using WhatsApp French PM Tells Ministers

Illustration of the French encrypted messaging service "Olvid" on the phone screen in Paris on December 1, 2023. French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne has banned widely used messaging applications WhatsApp, Telegram and Signal for ministers and their teams due to security vulnerabilities. Borne set a deadline of December 8 for the government to switch to using the French app Olvid instead, which is certified by France's cybersecurity agency ANSSI. Tchap, the government-developed secure messaging and collaboration app, launched in 2019, is also allowed. Photo by Blondet Eliot/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Stop Using WhatsApp French PM Tells Ministers

Illustration of the French encrypted messaging service "Olvid" on the phone screen in Paris on December 1, 2023. French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne has banned widely used messaging applications WhatsApp, Telegram and Signal for ministers and their teams due to security vulnerabilities. Borne set a deadline of December 8 for the government to switch to using the French app Olvid instead, which is certified by France's cybersecurity agency ANSSI. Tchap, the government-developed secure messaging and collaboration app, launched in 2019, is also allowed. Photo by Blondet Eliot/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Stop Using WhatsApp French PM Tells Ministers

Illustration of the French encrypted messaging service "Olvid" on the phone screen in Paris on December 1, 2023. French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne has banned widely used messaging applications WhatsApp, Telegram and Signal for ministers and their teams due to security vulnerabilities. Borne set a deadline of December 8 for the government to switch to using the French app Olvid instead, which is certified by France's cybersecurity agency ANSSI. Tchap, the government-developed secure messaging and collaboration app, launched in 2019, is also allowed. Photo by Blondet Eliot/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Stop Using WhatsApp French PM Tells Ministers

Illustration of the French encrypted messaging service "Olvid" on the phone screen in Paris on December 1, 2023. French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne has banned widely used messaging applications WhatsApp, Telegram and Signal for ministers and their teams due to security vulnerabilities. Borne set a deadline of December 8 for the government to switch to using the French app Olvid instead, which is certified by France's cybersecurity agency ANSSI. Tchap, the government-developed secure messaging and collaboration app, launched in 2019, is also allowed. Photo by Blondet Eliot/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Stop Using WhatsApp French PM Tells Ministers

Illustration of the French encrypted messaging service "Olvid" on the phone screen in Paris on December 1, 2023. French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne has banned widely used messaging applications WhatsApp, Telegram and Signal for ministers and their teams due to security vulnerabilities. Borne set a deadline of December 8 for the government to switch to using the French app Olvid instead, which is certified by France's cybersecurity agency ANSSI. Tchap, the government-developed secure messaging and collaboration app, launched in 2019, is also allowed. Photo by Blondet Eliot/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Stop Using WhatsApp French PM Tells Ministers

Illustration of the French encrypted messaging service "Olvid" on the phone screen in Paris on December 1, 2023. French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne has banned widely used messaging applications WhatsApp, Telegram and Signal for ministers and their teams due to security vulnerabilities. Borne set a deadline of December 8 for the government to switch to using the French app Olvid instead, which is certified by France's cybersecurity agency ANSSI. Tchap, the government-developed secure messaging and collaboration app, launched in 2019, is also allowed. Photo by Blondet Eliot/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Stop Using WhatsApp French PM Tells Ministers

Illustration of the French encrypted messaging service "Olvid" on the phone screen in Paris on December 1, 2023. French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne has banned widely used messaging applications WhatsApp, Telegram and Signal for ministers and their teams due to security vulnerabilities. Borne set a deadline of December 8 for the government to switch to using the French app Olvid instead, which is certified by France's cybersecurity agency ANSSI. Tchap, the government-developed secure messaging and collaboration app, launched in 2019, is also allowed. Photo by Blondet Eliot/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Stop Using WhatsApp French PM Tells Ministers

Illustration of the French encrypted messaging service "Olvid" on the phone screen in Paris on December 1, 2023. French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne has banned widely used messaging applications WhatsApp, Telegram and Signal for ministers and their teams due to security vulnerabilities. Borne set a deadline of December 8 for the government to switch to using the French app Olvid instead, which is certified by France's cybersecurity agency ANSSI. Tchap, the government-developed secure messaging and collaboration app, launched in 2019, is also allowed. Photo by Blondet Eliot/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Stop Using WhatsApp French PM Tells Ministers

Illustration of the French encrypted messaging service "Olvid" on the phone screen in Paris on December 1, 2023. French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne has banned widely used messaging applications WhatsApp, Telegram and Signal for ministers and their teams due to security vulnerabilities. Borne set a deadline of December 8 for the government to switch to using the French app Olvid instead, which is certified by France's cybersecurity agency ANSSI. Tchap, the government-developed secure messaging and collaboration app, launched in 2019, is also allowed. Photo by Blondet Eliot/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Stop Using WhatsApp French PM Tells Ministers

Illustration of the French encrypted messaging service "Olvid" on the phone screen in Paris on December 1, 2023. French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne has banned widely used messaging applications WhatsApp, Telegram and Signal for ministers and their teams due to security vulnerabilities. Borne set a deadline of December 8 for the government to switch to using the French app Olvid instead, which is certified by France's cybersecurity agency ANSSI. Tchap, the government-developed secure messaging and collaboration app, launched in 2019, is also allowed. Photo by Blondet Eliot/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Stop Using WhatsApp French PM Tells Ministers

Illustration of the French encrypted messaging service "Olvid" on the phone screen in Paris on December 1, 2023. French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne has banned widely used messaging applications WhatsApp, Telegram and Signal for ministers and their teams due to security vulnerabilities. Borne set a deadline of December 8 for the government to switch to using the French app Olvid instead, which is certified by France's cybersecurity agency ANSSI. Tchap, the government-developed secure messaging and collaboration app, launched in 2019, is also allowed. Photo by Blondet Eliot/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Stop Using WhatsApp French PM Tells Ministers

Illustration of the French encrypted messaging service "Olvid" on the phone screen in Paris on December 1, 2023. French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne has banned widely used messaging applications WhatsApp, Telegram and Signal for ministers and their teams due to security vulnerabilities. Borne set a deadline of December 8 for the government to switch to using the French app Olvid instead, which is certified by France's cybersecurity agency ANSSI. Tchap, the government-developed secure messaging and collaboration app, launched in 2019, is also allowed. Photo by Blondet Eliot/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Stop Using WhatsApp French PM Tells Ministers

Illustration of the French encrypted messaging service "Olvid" on the phone screen in Paris on December 1, 2023. French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne has banned widely used messaging applications WhatsApp, Telegram and Signal for ministers and their teams due to security vulnerabilities. Borne set a deadline of December 8 for the government to switch to using the French app Olvid instead, which is certified by France's cybersecurity agency ANSSI. Tchap, the government-developed secure messaging and collaboration app, launched in 2019, is also allowed. Photo by Blondet Eliot/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Stop Using WhatsApp French PM Tells Ministers

Illustration of the French encrypted messaging service "Olvid" on the phone screen in Paris on December 1, 2023. French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne has banned widely used messaging applications WhatsApp, Telegram and Signal for ministers and their teams due to security vulnerabilities. Borne set a deadline of December 8 for the government to switch to using the French app Olvid instead, which is certified by France's cybersecurity agency ANSSI. Tchap, the government-developed secure messaging and collaboration app, launched in 2019, is also allowed. Photo by Blondet Eliot/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Stop Using WhatsApp French PM Tells Ministers

Illustration of the French encrypted messaging service "Olvid" on the phone screen in Paris on December 1, 2023. French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne has banned widely used messaging applications WhatsApp, Telegram and Signal for ministers and their teams due to security vulnerabilities. Borne set a deadline of December 8 for the government to switch to using the French app Olvid instead, which is certified by France's cybersecurity agency ANSSI. Tchap, the government-developed secure messaging and collaboration app, launched in 2019, is also allowed. Photo by Blondet Eliot/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Stop Using WhatsApp French PM Tells Ministers

Illustration of the French encrypted messaging service "Olvid" on the phone screen in Paris on December 1, 2023. French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne has banned widely used messaging applications WhatsApp, Telegram and Signal for ministers and their teams due to security vulnerabilities. Borne set a deadline of December 8 for the government to switch to using the French app Olvid instead, which is certified by France's cybersecurity agency ANSSI. Tchap, the government-developed secure messaging and collaboration app, launched in 2019, is also allowed. Photo by Blondet Eliot/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Line operator says 440,000 personal records leaked in data breach

TOKYO, Nov. 27 Kyodo -Tech giant LY Corp. reported a massive data breach on Monday, saying as many as 440,000 items of personal data, including more than 300,000 linked to Line messaging app users, were leaked due to unauthorized access to an affiliate's computer system in October.(Kyodo)

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U.S. Abrams Tanks Reach Ukraine

Handout photo dated June 9, 2018 shows a U.S. Marine Corps M1A1 Abrams tank attached to Tank Platoon, Fox Company, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, engage targets at night during live-fire training as part of exercise Baltic Operations (BALTOPS) 2018 at Ustka, Poland. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed the arrival of the tanks on the Telegram messaging app: "Good news from Minister (of Defense Rustem) Umerov. Abrams are already in Ukraine and are being prepared to reinforce our brigades." He did not specify the number of tanks that have been delivered. They are the first of 31 M1 Abrams tanks promised by the Biden administration, and come months ahead of initial estimates. They join tanks already deployed by NATO partners, including German-made Leopards and Britain's Challengers, which arrived last spring. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Dengrier M. Baez via ABACAPRESS.COM

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U.S. Abrams Tanks Reach Ukraine

Handout photo dated June 9, 2018shows U.S. Marine Corps M1A1 Abrams tank attached to Tank Platoon, Fox Company, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, engage targets at night during live-fire training as part of exercise Baltic Operations (BALTOPS) 2018 at Ustka, Poland. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed the arrival of the tanks on the Telegram messaging app: "Good news from Minister (of Defense Rustem) Umerov. Abrams are already in Ukraine and are being prepared to reinforce our brigades." He did not specify the number of tanks that have been delivered. They are the first of 31 M1 Abrams tanks promised by the Biden administration, and come months ahead of initial estimates. They join tanks already deployed by NATO partners, including German-made Leopards and Britain's Challengers, which arrived last spring. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Dengrier M. Baez via ABACAPRESS.COM

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U.S. Abrams Tanks Reach Ukraine

Handout photo dated November 9, 2018 shows an M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tank attached with Battalion Landing Team 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (11th MEU), patrols during a predeployment training exercise at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, CA, USA. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed the arrival of the tanks on the Telegram messaging app: "Good news from Minister (of Defense Rustem) Umerov. Abrams are already in Ukraine and are being prepared to reinforce our brigades." He did not specify the number of tanks that have been delivered. They are the first of 31 M1 Abrams tanks promised by the Biden administration, and come months ahead of initial estimates. They join tanks already deployed by NATO partners, including German-made Leopards and Britain's Challengers, which arrived last spring. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Dalton S. Swanbeck via ABACAPRESS.COM

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U.S. Abrams Tanks Reach Ukraine

Handout photo dated June 8, 2018 shows U.S. Marines assigned to Tank Platoon, Fox Company, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, engage targets with M1A1 Abrams tanks during live-fire training as part of exercise Baltic Operations (BALTOPS) 2018 at Ustka, Poland. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed the arrival of the tanks on the Telegram messaging app: "Good news from Minister (of Defense Rustem) Umerov. Abrams are already in Ukraine and are being prepared to reinforce our brigades." He did not specify the number of tanks that have been delivered. They are the first of 31 M1 Abrams tanks promised by the Biden administration, and come months ahead of initial estimates. They join tanks already deployed by NATO partners, including German-made Leopards and Britain's Challengers, which arrived last spring. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Dengrier M. Baez via ABACAPRESS.COM

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U.S. Abrams Tanks Reach Ukraine

Handout photo dated July 7, 2020 shows divilian employees (right) use hand signals to lower the M1A1 “Abrams” tank onto the rail cars aboard Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow, CA, USA. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed the arrival of the tanks on the Telegram messaging app: "Good news from Minister (of Defense Rustem) Umerov. Abrams are already in Ukraine and are being prepared to reinforce our brigades." He did not specify the number of tanks that have been delivered. They are the first of 31 M1 Abrams tanks promised by the Biden administration, and come months ahead of initial estimates. They join tanks already deployed by NATO partners, including German-made Leopards and Britain's Challengers, which arrived last spring. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Jack J. Adamyk via ABACAPRESS.COM

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U.S. Abrams Tanks Reach Ukraine

Handout photo dated August 29, 2019 shows an M1A2 Abrams Main Battle Tank fires during the Tank Gunnery Competition in Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed the arrival of the tanks on the Telegram messaging app: "Good news from Minister (of Defense Rustem) Umerov. Abrams are already in Ukraine and are being prepared to reinforce our brigades." He did not specify the number of tanks that have been delivered. They are the first of 31 M1 Abrams tanks promised by the Biden administration, and come months ahead of initial estimates. They join tanks already deployed by NATO partners, including German-made Leopards and Britain's Challengers, which arrived last spring. U.S. Marine photo by Sgt. Tayler P. Schwamb via ABACAPRESS.COM

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U.S. Abrams Tanks Reach Ukraine

Handout photo dated October 25, 2018 shows U.S. Marine Corps M1A1 Abrams tanks with 2nd Tank Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, participate in a simulated security patrol in Storas, Norway. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed the arrival of the tanks on the Telegram messaging app: "Good news from Minister (of Defense Rustem) Umerov. Abrams are already in Ukraine and are being prepared to reinforce our brigades." He did not specify the number of tanks that have been delivered. They are the first of 31 M1 Abrams tanks promised by the Biden administration, and come months ahead of initial estimates. They join tanks already deployed by NATO partners, including German-made Leopards and Britain's Challengers, which arrived last spring. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Williams Quinteros via ABACAPRESS.COM

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U.S. Abrams Tanks Reach Ukraine

Handout photo dated August 20, 2019 shows Cpl. Chance Marone, an M1A1 Abrams crewman assigned to India Company, Battalion Landing Team 3/5, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) stands atop an M1A1 Abrams tank in Camp Buehring, Kuwait. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed the arrival of the tanks on the Telegram messaging app: "Good news from Minister (of Defense Rustem) Umerov. Abrams are already in Ukraine and are being prepared to reinforce our brigades." He did not specify the number of tanks that have been delivered. They are the first of 31 M1 Abrams tanks promised by the Biden administration, and come months ahead of initial estimates. They join tanks already deployed by NATO partners, including German-made Leopards and Britain's Challengers, which arrived last spring. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Israel Chincio/Released)

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U.S. Abrams Tanks Reach Ukraine

Handout fphoto dated August 3, 2019 shows a M1A2 Abrams tank, assigned to 1st Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, maneuvers into a fighting positions during a platoon live-fire exercise as part of Agile Spirit 19 at Orpholo Training Area, Georgia. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed the arrival of the tanks on the Telegram messaging app: "Good news from Minister (of Defense Rustem) Umerov. Abrams are already in Ukraine and are being prepared to reinforce our brigades." He did not specify the number of tanks that have been delivered. They are the first of 31 M1 Abrams tanks promised by the Biden administration, and come months ahead of initial estimates. They join tanks already deployed by NATO partners, including German-made Leopards and Britain's Challengers, which arrived last spring. Photo by Staff Sgt. True Thao/U.S. Army via ABACAPRESS.COM

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U.S. Abrams Tanks Reach Ukraine

Handout photo dated January 30, 2019 shows U.S. Marines assigned to 2nd Tank Battalion, 2nd Marine Division fire a 120mm smoothbore main gun from an M1A1 Abrams main battle tanks during a course of fire at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed the arrival of the tanks on the Telegram messaging app: "Good news from Minister (of Defense Rustem) Umerov. Abrams are already in Ukraine and are being prepared to reinforce our brigades." He did not specify the number of tanks that have been delivered. They are the first of 31 M1 Abrams tanks promised by the Biden administration, and come months ahead of initial estimates. They join tanks already deployed by NATO partners, including German-made Leopards and Britain's Challengers, which arrived last spring. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Austin Livingston via ABACAPRESS.COM

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U.S. Abrams Tanks Reach Ukraine

Handout photo dated August 19, 2019 shows an M1A1 Abrams tank, attached to India Company, Battalion Landing Team 3/5, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), fires its main gun during a live-fire exercise in Camp Buehring, Kuwait. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed the arrival of the tanks on the Telegram messaging app: "Good news from Minister (of Defense Rustem) Umerov. Abrams are already in Ukraine and are being prepared to reinforce our brigades." He did not specify the number of tanks that have been delivered. They are the first of 31 M1 Abrams tanks promised by the Biden administration, and come months ahead of initial estimates. They join tanks already deployed by NATO partners, including German-made Leopards and Britain's Challengers, which arrived last spring. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Israel Chincio via ABACAPRESS.COM

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U.S. Abrams Tanks Reach Ukraine

Handout photo dated May 11, 2016 shows U.S. Soldiers, assigned to the 3rd Infantry Division, move to their battle position in a M1 Abrams tank during the Strong Europe Tank Challenge in Grafenwoehr, Germany. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed the arrival of the tanks on the Telegram messaging app: "Good news from Minister (of Defense Rustem) Umerov. Abrams are already in Ukraine and are being prepared to reinforce our brigades." He did not specify the number of tanks that have been delivered. They are the first of 31 M1 Abrams tanks promised by the Biden administration, and come months ahead of initial estimates. They join tanks already deployed by NATO partners, including German-made Leopards and Britain's Challengers, which arrived last spring. Photo by U.S. Army via ABACAPRESS.COM

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U.S. Abrams Tanks Reach Ukraine

Handout photo dated February 10, 2009 shows VLC1 - M1A1 Abrams from 1-72nd Armor Regiment line up in preparation to assault a town during Warrior Focus, a training exercise involving the entire 1st HBCT, Feb. 10 at the Combined Arms Collective Training Facility at Rodriguez Live Fire Complex. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed the arrival of the tanks on the Telegram messaging app: "Good news from Minister (of Defense Rustem) Umerov. Abrams are already in Ukraine and are being prepared to reinforce our brigades." He did not specify the number of tanks that have been delivered. They are the first of 31 M1 Abrams tanks promised by the Biden administration, and come months ahead of initial estimates. They join tanks already deployed by NATO partners, including German-made Leopards and Britain's Challengers, which arrived last spring. Photo by U.S. Army via ABACAPRESS.COM