Zelenskyy thanks Macron for decision to supply “light tanks and Bastion APCs to Ukraine”.

France is going to send AMX-10 RC armored fighting vehicles to Ukraine following a call between the heads of the two states, DW reports referring to an unnamed French official who didn’t elaborate as to the number of these wheeled light tanks and the delivery terms.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy thanked his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron, for the decision to supply the “light tanks” and Bastion APCs to Ukraine:

Agreed with @EmmanuelMacron on further cooperation to significantly strengthen 🇺🇦 air defense and other defense capabilities. We also agreed to work on the implementation of #PeaceFormula. Thank you friend! Your leadership brings our victory closer. 2/2

— Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) January 4, 2023

French armored fighting vehicle AMX-10 RC, a wheeled light tank. File photo: Pierre Delattre/Wikimedia Commons

Bastion APC in Northern Mali, 2015. File photo: Wikimedia Commons

French minister for armed forces Sébastien Lecornu visited Kyiv and met with his Ukrainian counterpart, Oleksii Reznikov, late last December.

On 1 January, French President Macron reiterated France’s support for Ukraine:

https://twitter.com/EuromaidanPress/status/1609677726847311878

Previously, France supplied several Caesar self-propelled howitzers, two batteries of the Crotale air defense system, at least one LRU multiple rocket launcher, and other equipment to Ukraine.

Read more:

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Ukraine Defense Ministry @DefenceU shared first ever footage of the French-made LRU/M270A1 launcher reportedly just after it had fired rockets at Russian troops. pic.twitter.com/GXs48dFhiW

— Euromaidan Press (@EuromaidanPress) December 31, 2022

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