US to Give Russian Helicopters to Ukraine, Originally Procured for Afghanistan
Date
4/15/2022 1:14:13 AM
(MENAFN- Khaama Press)
The United States Defense Department announced that they will give an unused stash of Russian helicopters to Ukraine after Afghanistan fell to the Taliban.
The helicopters are part of the package of military equipment being expedited into Ukraine to be used in the war against Russia.
The 11 Mi-17“Hip” helicopters built in the Republic of Tatarstan were originally bought to strengthen Afghanistan's army but will now go to Ukraine.
Pentagon in a statement said that the helicopters will augment the five Mi-17 helicopters already sent to Ukraine.
It comes as a number of Afghanistan's helicopters flown out of the country by Afghan pilots following the collapse of the previous Afghan government are yet to be returned by central Asian countries.
The Defense Ministry of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan has been asking the former pilots and military experts to return to the country as they are pledged a conducive environment for work.
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