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US Army Abrams tanks. File photoWASHINGTON, Sep 8 The Pentagon does not comment on possible deliveries of American Abrams tanks to Ukraine, a representative of the department told RIA Novosti. «, — said the source of the agency. Earlier in September, Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal said that Kyiv expects the supply of new Abrams and Leopard 2 tanks from the United States and Germany. » />The US will continue to supply Ukraine with ammunition for HIMARS, the Pentagon saidOn Wednesday, the deputy head of the US Agency for Cooperation and Defense, Jed Royal, said that he had no information that the Western allies had decided not to provide tanks to Ukraine. «I have not heard that it was set in stone,» he said at the conference, answering a related question from a journalist. In August, the Pentagon announced a $1.1 billion contract with General Dynamics for the production of 250 tanks for the Polish Armed Forces. They are expected to be handed over to the customer in January 2025. Currently, the United States is training the Polish military on 28 Abrams tanks transferred to Poland in July. Russia had previously sent a note to NATO countries because of the supply of weapons to Ukraine. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov noted that any cargo that contains weapons for Ukraine will become a legitimate target for Russia. The Foreign Ministry of the Russian Federation stated that the NATO countries are «playing with fire» by supplying weapons to Ukraine. Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov noted that pumping Ukraine with weapons from the West does not contribute to the success of Russian-Ukrainian negotiations and will have a negative effect. >Pentagon suspends acceptance of F-35 due to Chinese alloy, media reports