The US sends more M1 Abrams tanks to Poland, sending a 'message to Russia'.

According to the Stars and Stripes newspaper on June 28, citing US Army spokesman Terry Welch, 14 M1 Abrams battle tanks and one M88 armored recovery vehicle belonging to the US Army arrived at the APS-2 storage facility in the village of Powidz, Poland, on June 27.

This location, approximately 402 km west of the Ukrainian border, will soon have up to 85 main battle tanks and 190 armored combat vehicles.

The US sends numerous M1 Abrams tanks to Poland, sending a "subtle message" to Russia.

The U.S. Army emphasized that the APS-2 storage facility is NATO's most critical infrastructure in over three decades and will be fully operational next year.

Stars and Stripes did not specify whether M1 Abrams tanks were being delivered to Ukraine. An estimated 31 Abrams tanks have been deployed to Ukraine, according to Newsweek.

The APS depot in Poland aims to bolster NATO's defensive capabilities in Eastern Europe amid rising tensions between the alliance and Russia due to the Russia-Ukraine conflict.

M1 Abrams tanks at the APS-2 depot in Poland on June 27.

Ray Wojcik, a retired U.S. Army colonel and now a senior fellow at the Center for European Policy Analysis, believes the APS depot will eventually have enough equipment for a U.S. Army armored brigade.

"This means that in a very short time, the entire contingent of US armored brigade soldiers could be deployed to Poland by air and be ready for combat in a few days or less, instead of having to wait at least 30 days for that equipment to arrive by ship," Wojcik stated.

Wojcik also argued that the APS-2 depot is the only US Army location east of Berlin (Germany), so deploying M1 Abrams tanks there would send "a message to Russia," according to Newsweek .

There is currently no information on Russia's reaction to the US Army's latest move.

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