The French president Emmanuel Macron announced today to his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky that France will deliver to Ukraine “light tanks” of French manufacture, became known from the Elysée.
“The president wanted to reinforce this (military) aid already given to Kyiv” by agreeing to surrender AMX-10 RC light tanks, announced the French presidency. “It is the first time that Western-designed tanks have been delivered to the Ukrainian armed forces,” the presidency clarified after the hour-long telephone conversation between the two leaders.
The number of tanks and delivery deadlines were not specified.
According to Paris, Emmanuel Macron, who confirmed to Volodymyr Zelensky the “unwavering support” of France “until victory”, he wanted in this way to “show the constant and continuous” French military assistance.
The AMX-10 RCs are light tanks, on wheels rather than tracks, so “easily mobile”, “definitely old but effective” claimed one adviser. In the French army, this system will gradually be replaced by the Jaguar.
The defense ministers of France and Ukraine will hold talks “very quickly to determine the modalities” of these deliveries, both on the deadlines and the number of tanks, the French Armed Forces ministry told AFP.
The two presidents, as APE-MPE notes, also discussed the situation on the various military fronts, the French presidency underlined.
Source: News Beast
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