According to the Associated Press, on the 19th local time, the US Department of Defense announced that it would provide military assistance worth US $2.5 billion to Ukraine, including 90 "Stryker" armored vehicles and 59 "Bradley" infantry combat vehicles, but not tanks. Data map: US military aid to Ukraine. Recently, the provision of tanks to Ukraine has become the focus of military assistance from western countries to Ukraine. On the 14th, Britain first confirmed that it would assist 14 "Challenger 2" main battle tanks in Ukraine. The German side said that unless the United States provided the "Abrams" tank to Ukraine, the German side would provide its own main battle tank. In this regard, President Zelensky criticized Germany for "hesitation". The United States said that the "Abrams" tank was not suitable for the current battle because of its own characteristics. The tank needed frequent maintenance, and was expensive and difficult to train. However, the United States said that it supported its allies in providing Ukraine with various defensive capabilities, including tanks. On this issue, the press secretary of the Russian President Peskov said on the 16th that the Western provision of heavy armored vehicles to Ukraine could not change the situation. "These tanks are burning, and they will continue to burn". He said that actions such as British aid to Ukraine tanks might "bring more trouble to Ukraine", and Moscow doubted whether the western countries "care about the fate of the Ukrainian people and their future", "they just use Ukraine as a tool to achieve anti-Russian objectives". (Xinhua News Agency)