PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY: (Non-English language spoken).īEARDSLEY: France is taking European defense support for Ukraine to a new level with these light tanks, said Zelenskyy. And they mark a change in what the West is willing to provide.ĮLEANOR BEARDSLEY, BYLINE: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy began a recent nightly address by thanking France for its AMX-10 armored fighting vehicles. But, as NPR's Eleanor Beardsley reports, what some refer to as, quote, "light tanks" are the first Western-designed vehicles of their kind to be sent. They're not the heavy main battle tanks Kyiv has been asking for.
The U.S., France and Germany all recently announced they will send new armored fighting vehicles to Ukraine.
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