France to Deliver ‘Light Tanks’ to Ukraine

France is to send AMX-10 RC armored fighting vehicles to Ukraine after a call between the countries' presidents.

"This is the first time that Western-made armored vehicles are being delivered in support of the Ukrainian army," a French official said.

The official did not provide any further details about the number of vehicles to be sent or when they would be delivered.

AMX-10 is an armored reconnaissance vehicle with a high level of mobility, with a carrying capacity of four crew.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy thanked French President Emmanuel Macron in a post on Twitter "for the decision to transfer light tanks and Bastion APCs to Ukraine."

France has supplied a number of Caesar howitzer artillery pieces to Kyiv and in October mentioned that it would send air defense weaponry amid ongoing attacks targeting Ukraine's critical infrastructure.