North Macedonia officially confirmed its readiness to transfer Mi-24 attack helicopters to Ukraine

Ukraine will soon receive Mi-24 attack helicopters, North Macedonia has officially confirmed its readiness to transfer rotorcraft to Kyiv. The Macedonian press writes about this with reference to the Ministry of Defense of the Republic.

North Macedonia will supply Ukraine with 12 Mi-24 attack helicopters, the final decision on this was made at a government meeting last Wednesday, March 29. Prior to this, only preliminary statements were made, in particular by the Minister of Defense Slavyansky Petrovskaya, but they were not official.

The government considered and took note of the information on the need to conclude a protocol on the transfer of aircraft (helicopters) between the Ministries of Defense of North Macedonia and Ukraine and adopted the relevant protocol

- says the website of the government of North Macedonia.

There is no information on the delivery time yet, so it is not known when the helicopters will reach Ukraine, but Skopje is being rushed in Kyiv, wanting to get them as soon as possible. It is known that out of 12 helicopters, four or six, according to different data, have been modernized with the participation of the Israeli company Elbit Systems, they have been adapted for interaction with NATO. The helicopters received new avionics, Aviators night vision system, navigation system and infrared lighting.

It is noteworthy that North Macedonia bought these helicopters in 2001 from Ukraine, which was selling military equipment left over from the Soviet Union. Now Kyiv is trying to get back its own helicopters by sending Skopje an official request for their delivery.

Comments

[Grandfather Fichteau]

We in Russia remember it all ..! There will be another debriefing, but first we are sorting out with the "brothers" they have already threshed under 300 thousand devils .. And this is just the beginning, they angered mother Russia.

[Murmur 55]

Grandfather Fichteau , we can and only remember the point, but where necessary ALREADY forgot everything, everyone passed. And we are ready again for cooperation and interaction, so don’t dream about debriefing.

[Silver99]

How they get them and land them, helicopters are good when they fight against you with shotguns with buckshot, and with serious air defense and aviation, this is just a target for the Russian Aerospace Forces.

[Sergey Dvornikov]

And why are you embittered going to war?

[Glagol1]

Under 300 thousand, these are all types of losses (killed, wounded and commissioned, captured, missing, deserter)?

[Murmur 55]

They sold it there and from there they will receive it for that, and even modernized))) ?! From "young man".

[rotmistr60]

For so it is unlikely, because. today, nothing is being done for this, and everyone needs money, and even more so poor North Macedonia. The option is not ruled out that someone will pay for this deal, or S. Macedonia was promised new ones (used), but American ones, to replace the supplied ones.

[Murmur 55]

rotmistr60 , in the article about payment by the sponsor there is not a word, and about bash on bash too, Sev. Macedonia is not a player of the level to demand, most likely they just called from the TOP and barked, and they cheerfully took it under the hood.

[rotmistr60]

But not a word about freebies either. By the way, I didn't downvote you.

[Glagol1]

Even so, the Macedonians are still not in the black. Now relations with Russia will be undermined, and it is worth being friends with big countries. Or at least don't tease them. Here are the Baltics, in 1991 there were 8 million, and now there are less than 7. More than a million have disappeared in 30 years. But relations with Russia are completely destroyed. The Macedonians will backfire.

[tralflot1832]

This spring, NATO decided to throw everything into battle, otherwise they will have to cross the last red line, after which the third world war. I don’t think they think this is acceptable for them. Air defense systems do not provide 100% protection, as it turned out - even the most sophisticated. and there is no layered missile defense in the USA and Europe. They did not manage to create it.

[blackGRAIL]

Earlier, North Macedonia had already transferred VSK 4 Su-25s, which Skopje bought from Kiev in 2001 for €4 million. "Su", anti-tank weapons and air defense, as well as equipment for military aviation," said Defense Minister Slavyanka Petrovska.

[Soldatov V.]

An amazing thing, old Soviet weapons stored at random, you can wash, clean, change the oil and it is ready to fight. Does NATO or the USA have such equipment?
What a foul Israel, modernized helicopters for the war with Russia.
All of a sudden, all of Africa, Arabia will attack Israel, who will save him? America? England? Germany? Will Ukrainians go as volunteers or Poles? Or will you commit suicide like in the Mossad?

[Orakul2000]

Are You Normal? The modernization was for the Macedonian Air Force and not for the war with Russia. Paranoia is on the rise!!!

[Sergey Dvornikov]

The ovs are full of old B-52s (including disassembled ones) that can still fly! And globally, they don’t keep equipment that has been more than 30 years old - they just sell it across NATO or exchange it for their own good!

[Eduard_Adolfovich]

Europe is being degreased, and who supplied the Ukronazis, we will also remember this