“Of these additional 11 Mi-17s ... the first one is leaving today,” RIA Novosti quotes him as saying.
It is noted that the first batch included five such helicopters.
Earlier, the FSMTC protested in connection with the planned transfer by the United States to Ukraine of helicopters that were supplied by JSC Rosoboronexport under a major contract with the Pentagon, concluded in 2011, and were intended for the Afghan army.