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FILE - Britain's armoured vehicles which are to be sent to Ukraine prepare to move at the Tapa Military Camp, in Estonia, Thursday, Jan. 19, 2023. In the months that followed Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Ukraine's supporters at NATO and other partners cautiously provided fuel, helmets, medical supplies and other non-lethal support. Then, after much handwringing, came artillery and air defense systems in the hope that these would not provoke President Vladimir Putin. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin, file)