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		</div><p>The French defence ministry said it will hold talks with its Ukrainian counterpart to arrange for the delivery of armoured combat vehicles – in what France’s presidency says will be the first time this type of Western-made wheeled tank destroyer will be given to the Ukrainian military.</p>
<p>Discussions will include the delivery timetable and the training of Ukrainian soldiers on the equipment, the ministry said.</p>
<p>Designated as “light tanks” in French, the AMX-10 RC carries a 105mm cannon and two machine guns.</p>
<p>It is primarily designed for reconnaissance missions and has enough armour to protect against light infantry weapons, according to the French defence ministry.</p>
<p>They have wheels rather than tracks, allowing it to be more mobile than heavy tanks.</p>
<p>Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Zelensky took to Twitter to thank France for the weapons and “intensifying work with partners in the same direction”.</p>
<p>Ukraine has for months sought to be supplied with heavier tanks, including the US Abrams and the German Leopard 2 tanks.</p>
<p>France’s decision was announced after an hour-long call between French President Emmanuel Macron and Mr Zelensky on Wednesday afternoon.</p>
<p>The Elysee declined to provide details about the agreement.</p>
<p>The AMX-10 RC has been in service with the French military since 1981 and has undergone recent upgrades.</p>
<p>France’s defence ministry said the combat vehicle is now being gradually replaced by the new equivalent named Jaguar.</p>
<p>The decision is another in France’s military support to Ukraine, following the French defence minister’s visit to Kyiv last week.</p>
<p>Paris has supplied Ukraine with a substantial chunk of its arsenal of Caesar cannons, as well as anti-tank missiles, Crotale air defence missile batteries and rocket launchers.</p>
<p>It is also training some 2,000 Ukrainian troops on French soil.</p>
<p>US President Joe Biden said his administration is considering sending Ukraine Bradley Fighting Vehicles, a medium-armoured combat vehicle which can serve as a troop carrier.</p>
<p>Mr Biden was asked during an exchange with reporters while travelling in Kentucky if providing the tracked armoured vehicle to Ukraine is on the table.</p>
<p>He responded: “Yes.”</p>
<p>The German government has for months faced calls from Kyiv and some politicians at home to deliver Leopard 2 heavy tanks to Ukraine, but has said it will not go alone with such a move and no other country has supplied similar Western equipment.</p>
<p>The co-leader of Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s party, Saskia Esken, told n-tv television on Thursday that Mr Scholz and the government are in regular and close contact “with our partners, with our friends, of course particularly with the Americans” on weapons deliveries.</p>
<p>Britain says it has given Ukraine more than 200 armoured vehicles for troop transport but no tanks yet.</p>
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