“The contract for their supply was concluded between our countries in 2017. The renewal of the fleet of military equipment of the Armed Forces is the result of many years of military-technical cooperation between the Republic of Belarus and the Russian Federation, ”the department noted.
During each year, the Belarusian Air Force and air defense forces will be replenished with one aviation unit of four aircraft, specified there.
Earlier, the head of the Russian Ministry of Defense, Sergei Shoigu, said that the Armed Forces of Russia and Belarus will hold more than 100 joint events in 2020.