The US and Germany apparently intend to send tanks to Ukraine after months of delaying the move, which Kiev hopes will shift the combat dynamic.
The administration of US Vice President Joe Biden is anticipated to reveal plans to supply at least 30 M1 Abrams tanks.
Olaf Scholz, the chancellor of Germany, apparently also planned to send at least 14 Leopard 2 tanks. On Wednesday morning, he is scheduled to address the parliament.
The revelation, according to the Russian envoy to the US, is "yet another brazen provocation."
The alleged move by Germany would "bring nothing beneficial" and "leave a permanent impact," according to the Kremlin official.
According to Ukrainian officials, heavier armaments are desperately needed, and more battle tanks might aid Kyiv's army in taking back territory from the Russians.
However, up until this point, the US and Germany have defied calls from both inside and outside their countries to send their tanks to Ukraine.
Washington has emphasized the high-tech Abrams' considerable maintenance and training needs.
Because of worries that supplying tanks would exacerbate the conflict and render Nato an active participant in the fight with Russia, Germans have experienced months of difficult political debate.
Unnamed officials are claimed in US media as suggesting at least 30 Abrams may be supplied, and the announcement regarding deployments to Ukraine could happen as soon as Wednesday.
The arrival of US combat vehicles in the front lines could take many months, although the date is still uncertain.
According to reports, German officials had insisted that only if the US also delivered M1 Abrams would they consent to the delivery of Leopard 2s to Ukraine.
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