Mykhailo Podoliak, adviser to the head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, confirmed on Saturday that North Macedonia has transferred four Su-25 attack aircraft to Ukraine. This was reported by European Pravda. “A friend in need is a friend indeed. It doesn’t matter how big your country is or how big your GDP is, it matters what kind of heart you have. Many nations are showing more courage today than half of the G20. Like North Macedonia , which has provided Ukraine with support in the form of tanks and aircraft. We will never forget this,” Podoliak tweeted. Yurii Ihnat, a spokesman for the Air Force Command, previously said they had no information about the transfer of four SU-25s from North Macedonia to Ukraine. Media reported on Thursday that North Macedonia was donating four Su-25 attack jets, which it received from Kyiv during the 2001 conflict, to Ukraine. When asked about this by North Macedonia’s MKD news agency, North Macedonia’s Ministry of Defense neither confirmed nor denied the information, noting that the decision to provide Ukraine with weapons would be “declassified and presented in accordance with transparency.” During the Macedonian conflict in 2001, the country bought four Su-25 attack aircraft from Ukraine — three single-seaters and one two-seater. In the spring of 2003 they were decommissioned by the Armed Forces due to lack of need and in 2004 they were prepared for sale. As previously reported, North Macedonia supplied Ukraine with Soviet T-72 tanks which it had planned to decommission in the coming years. Journalists are fighting on their own front lines. Support Ukrainska Pravda!
