Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov said that the French AMX-10 wheeled tanks are already in service with the Marine Corps of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He announced this on Twitter.
“We tested them with our fighters and decided to call them “sniper rifles on fast wheels”. These modern machines with powerful weapons will help us liberate our territory,” he said.
Former President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky discussed With his French colleague Emmanuel Macron, the delivery of light tanks by Paris for the needs of the Ukrainian army and assistance in strengthening the defense capability
Prior to that, the head of the French Ministry of Defense, Sebastian Lecornu, in a telephone conversation with his Ukrainian counterpart Reznikov, said that the AMX-10 RC tanks to put Ukraine in two months
On February 24, 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that he had decided to organize a special military operation to protect Donbass in response to a request for help from the heads of the Luhansk and Donetsk People’s Republics (LPR and DPR).
The decision to run the operation became the justification for new sanctions against Russia by the United States and its allies.