 Slovenia secretly shipped 20 armoured personnel carriers to Ukraine for counter-offensive. The Government of Slovenia finalised a Klandestine operation on shipment of 20 Valuk armoured personnel carriers to Ukraine this week. Slovenia's 24UR reported, citing its source. This is the latest shipment of arms after Slovenia has already donated tanks, how it says infantry vehicles and other gear. The vehicles were made in the 1990s by a Slovenian company on licence from the Austrian company Steyr Deimler Putsch Spezial Farziug, which is now part of the US Defence Contractor General Dynamics European Land Systems. According to the website, the operation lasted several months. Vehicles that have been in service in Slovenia for 24 years underwent maintenance. Then, they were relocated by plane to a logistics centre in either Slovakia or Poland. The operation was delayed because the plane was engaged in evacuation of Europeans from Sudan, but the last vehicles were eventually handed over to Kiev this week. According to the report, these vehicles were shipped to be used in the previously announced Ukrainian counter-offensive. The Defence Ministry of Slovenia refrained from commenting on the report, citing non-publicity of such decisions made by the government. Previously, Slovenia shipped 28M55S tanks and 35 Yugoslavian-made armoured carriers armed with 20mm guns to Ukraine.