The United States has confirmed the transfer of Afghan Mi-17 helicopters to Ukraine

Helicopters Mi-17V-5 of the Afghan army. Photos from open sources

The United States has confirmed its intention to transfer Mi-17 helicopters to Ukraine to support the defense capabilities of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

This was announced at a briefing by White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki, reports the  National Industrial Portal  with reference to the  League . News .

According to Psaki, the White House recently announced to Congress its intention to supply Mi-17 helicopters to Ukraine from US Department of Defense reserves.

The White House spokeswoman reaffirmed that the US government had allowed three NATO countries (Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia) to hand over previously US-made weapons to Ukraine.

Helicopter Mi-17V-5 (board number “726”), built at JSC “Kazan Helicopter Plant” for the Afghan Air Force. 2012 / Photo: Ruslan Aliyev

It should be noted that a few days ago our colleagues from the Defense Blog portal announced that the United States will hand over to Ukraine Mi-17B5 and Mi-8MTV helicopters, which were previously in the service of the Afghan Air Force. According to the publication, the first batch is allegedly planned to be sent in the spring of 2022.

The Defense Blog notes that Ukraine should receive five Mi-17B5 helicopters and one Mi-8MTV from the Afghan army. Today, it is difficult to say whether helicopter supplies will increase over time, but it is known that about two dozen Afghan Air Force helicopters are located in third countries and could potentially be delivered to US allies.

In addition to Russian helicopters, the United States can operate a number of UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters from the Afghan army.

(C)INDUSTRIAL PORTAL UKRAINE 2022

5 comments

  1. Give Ukraine A-10s or support their ground troops with them. They will sweep away mafia gear like wind does with dead leaves. In addition to that, Ukraine desperately needs ant-aircraft systems and long-range strike capability to bring the fight into mafia land itself, especially Moscovia.

  2. It hurts to see what total garbage Ukraine received so far. Should Ukraine fall we will hold the idiotic Biden administration accountable. They will be shamed beyond recognition. The same goes for Obama. If they really think that this kind of garbage will help to save 44 million ukrainians from a full-scale invasion by a superpower like RuSSia, then they are totally retarded and incompetent. RuSSians and their trolls are laughing their asses off and keep mocking the ukrainians. Great job! To say it with John Rambo’s words: FUCK YOU! (Not Thank You…)

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