Ukrainian authorities say, according to AFP, that the Russian army has intensified its attacks around the small administrative town of Vuhledar in Donetsk in recent days. Before the war, the town had a population of 15,000. Expect a new Russian offensive – There are heavy battles there, says Ukrainian military spokesman Sergiy Cherevaty. FLASHING BACK: A Ukrainian soldier prepares a grenade launcher in Donetsk. Photo: ANATOLII STEPANOV / AFP Ukrainian authorities expect that the Russians are trying to break through the defense lines of the Ukrainians, and that there will be a major offensive shortly. – It is no secret that they are planning a new wave before 24 February, says Oleksij Danilov, who is secretary of Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council. This is the first anniversary of when Russia started the war against Ukraine. The Ukrainian authorities reckon that the Russians want to be able to show progress on the battlefield by this day. Ukraine wants more Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi says that the situation at the front in Donetsk is “extremely acute”. WANT MORE: Ukraine has received the promise of 321 tanks from Western countries. Photo: Polish Defense Ministry / AP – The occupiers are not only storming our positions. They are deliberately and methodically destroying the towns and villages around them, with artillery, airstrikes, missiles, Zelenskyy said in a video speech on Friday evening. He is again asking for more military aid after Western countries have promised to send 321 tanks. – The Russian aggression can only be stopped with satisfactory weapons, emphasizes the president. NORWEGIAN: news met several of the Ukrainian soldiers who were supposed to man the Norwegian M109 cannons in the Donbas in eastern Ukraine on 13 January. The area is now a “hot spot” in the war. Photo: Lokman Ghorbani / news Norway is among the countries that have promised to provide tanks of the Leopard 2 type. In the past, Norway has provided self-propelled guns of the M 109 type to Ukraine. Wounded in a Russian attack, news recently visited the crew of one of these cannons. Yesterday this cannon was attacked by a Russian drone. Blood flows from the ear of the Ukrainian soldier Igor after a Russian attack on the Norwegian cannons on 27 January. Photo: Serhii Lestchenko “Igor has turned 300.” This is what the Ukrainian journalist and politician Serhii Leschenko wrote to news on Friday afternoon. The number 300 tells that yet another Ukrainian soldier has been injured in the bloody war in Donbas in eastern Ukraine. It is in this region that the fiercest battles are now taking place. Norwegian gunner Igor was one of those who manned the self-propelled M109 guns that Norway has given to Ukraine. The ruined uniform of the Ukrainian soldier Igor bears witness to the damage. Photo: Serhii Lestjenko news met him and the rest of the crew on “the Norwegian cannon” south of the town of Kurakhove on 13 January. On that occasion, Igor expressed great gratitude to Norway, which gave 20 such cannons to Ukraine. Serhii Lestchenko wrote in a message to news that the M109 cannon was attacked by a Russian Lancet drone. It was in this attack that Igor was wounded, according to Leschenko. He also sent a picture showing the injured soldier. It is unclear how seriously wounded Igor is, but he is therefore a 300, which is the designation for a wounded soldier. 200 is the name of a killed soldier.
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