US Soldiers assigned to 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, offload U.S. M1A1 Abrams tanks needed for training the Armed Forces of Ukraine at Grafenwoehr, Germany, May 14, 2023.US Army photo by Spc. Christian Carrillo Ukrainian soldiers have reached the end of their planned training on American M1 Abrams tanks in Germany. But Kyiv requested that its troops stay there to continue the program until the tanks are ready for delivery. US officials have said that the 31 tanks of the M1A1 variant will be sent to Ukraine this fall. Ukrainian soldiers training on American M1 Abrams tanks in Germany have reached the end of their planned training program, but Kyiv wants them to stay there until the heavy armor is ready for delivery, a US Army official told Insider on Friday.Around 200 Ukrainians "just completed one of the last phases of their 12-week training program, a combined arms, battalion force-on-force exercise at Hohenfels Training Area," said Col.