Russia Starts Delivering MiG-29 Warplanes to Serbia

On Monday, Russia has started the first delivery of six Mikoyan MiG-29 fighter jets to Serbia, a source in the sphere of military-technical cooperation told Sputnik.

The first An-124 military transport aircraft, loaded with disassembled Russian Mikoyan MiG-29 fighter jets, was scheduled to take off from Tretyakovo airport in the Moscow Region, which is operated by Russian Aircraft Corporation MiG, at noon on Monday.

All six fighter jets, which Russia is handing over to Serbia as military-technical assistance, should be delivered by October 6, the source specified.

At the end of December 2016, then-Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic and Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu agreed on the gratuitous delivery of six Mikoyan MiG-29 multipurpose fighter jets, 30 T-72s tanks and 30 BRDM-2 armored reconnaissance vehicles to the Serbian Defense Forces.

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