Russia signs new delivery contract with Kazakhstan on Mi-35 combat helicopters

May 29, 2018

TASS:

MOSCOW, May 29. /TASS/. Russia has signed a new contract with Kazakhstan on the delivery of four Mil Mi-35 transport and attack helicopters, Deputy Head of Russia’s Federal Service for Military and Technical Cooperation Vladimir Drozhzhov told TASS on Tuesday.

“A new contract for four Mi-35 helicopters has been signed. This year,” he said, without specifying the timeframe of the delivery of combat choppers to Kazakhstan.

In 2016, Russia also signed a delivery contract with Kazakhstan on four Mi-35 helicopters. The gunships are expected to be delivered this year. Overall, Kazakhstan is to get eight Mi-35 helicopters from Russia, according to the latest data.

It was announced at the KADEX-2018 arms exhibition that Russia had signed a delivery contract with Kazakhstan on eight Sukhoi Su-30SM fighter jets and a battalion of Buk-M2E air defense missile systems.

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