The eight Norwegian Leopard tanks are also in place, ready to take part in the long-announced Ukrainian counter-offensive against the Russian attackers. The image is symbolic, and already spread on social media in Ukraine. A Norwegian Leopard tank inside the giant Ukrainian Antonov 124 transport plane. On the way to be inserted into the biggest military conflict in Europe since World War II. The Norwegian Leopard tanks have been through an extensive preparation process before they have now been sent to Ukraine. Photo: Onar Dignernes Aase/Forsvaret On 20 March, the Norwegian Armed Forces published pictures from the transport of the eight Leopard tanks. Together with support vehicles, spare parts and ammunition, Norway provides these to the Ukrainian armed forces. According to the Norwegian Armed Forces, the tanks are already in place in Ukraine. Training of Ukrainian personnel is still ongoing in Poland. A Leopard tank inside the Ukrainian transport plane. Photo: Onar Digernes Aase/Forsvaret Polish fighters delivered to Ukraine Poland is one of the countries that has also delivered Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine. In total, Western countries have promised close to 200 tanks of this type. Poland also says it has already delivered four Soviet-type MiG 29 fighters to Ukraine. A Polish MiG 29 in connection with an exercise in Poland on 21 March 2023. This aircraft of this type which has now been handed over to the Ukrainian Air Force. Photo: LUKASZ GLOWALA / Reuters This is an aircraft type already used by the Ukrainian Air Force. Among other things, it can attack with advanced steerable American bombs of the type. JDAM. According to the Russian news agency Tass, this should have already been done in connection with the battles for Bakhmut. Norwegian-Ukrainian injured Sources news has been in contact with says that the situation in and around the town of Bakhmut is still very tense. Ukrainian T64 tanks on their way to the front in Bakhmut. Photo: ARIS MESSINIS / AFP There are fierce battles between the Ukrainian defenders and attacking Russian forces. The forces primarily belong to the mercenary group Wagner. – I am weak, but it is going well, says a Norwegian-Ukrainian volunteer who has participated in the fighting in Donbas long before the major Russian attack in February 2022. news knows the man’s identity, but for security reasons and internal rules in the Ukrainian army can , do not publish it. Now he is injured again, after receiving what he told news called a concussion. At the same time, it became known on Tuesday that Ken Te Tai, a volunteer from New Zealand, has lost his life in eastern Ukraine, without it being specified where this happened. Kane Te Tai from New Zealand is said to have been killed in the fierce battles for Bakhmut. Photo: Supernova+ news was able to report this weekend that Norwegian-Chechen volunteers are also participating in the battles for Bakhmut. Prigozhin: Ukraine will attack soon The leader of the Wagner Group, Yevgeny Priogoshin, published an open letter to the Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu on Monday. There he warned against a Ukrainian counter-offensive in the area. He asked for immediate support in the form of weapons, among other things, to prevent his forces from being surrounded. He said his forces now control 70 percent of Bakhmut. This has been rejected by the Ukrainian side. Ukraine says it still holds most of the city, which once had around 70,000 inhabitants. Is the counter-offensive underway? Sources news has been in contact with say that a limited Ukrainian counter-offensive is already underway. But this can also be an attempt to mislead the opponent. When everyone was expecting a Ukrainian offensive at Kherson early this autumn, the Ukrainian forces instead struck in the Kharkiv area. This photo, which was sent out by the Ukrainian Defense Forces, is supposed to show soldiers preparing to attack at the front in Bakhmut. Photo: The Ukrainian Defense Forces The Ukrainian army chief Oleksander Syrsky writes on Telegram that the Russian forces are trying to get into the center of Bakhmut, but that they are being beaten back by the Ukrainian army. In recent days, the Ukrainian defense has published a number of photos from the front around Bakhmut which indicate that they are now preparing a counter-attack in the area. Ukrainian T64 tanks on their way to the front in Bakhmut. Photo: ARIS MESSINIS / AFP But apart from the fact that the fighting for Bakhmut continues in full force, there have been no official messages that can confirm that a major attack from the Ukrainian side is underway.
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