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Poland to buy 250 US tanks to deter Russia
By EUobserver
Poland is to buy 250 Abrams-class US tanks for $6bn [€5bn] in order to deter a potential attack by Russia, its defence minister said Wednesday. "This is a response to the challenges we face in terms of international security ... Our task is to deter a potential aggressor. We all know where that aggressor is," Mariusz Blaszczak said, Reuters reports. The US price tag covers ammunition and training.