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Planes with tanks donated by Russia to Serbia have started landing at Batajnica airport, writes Sputnik, referring to unofficial sources.
The Russian Federation donated 30 T-72MS tanks to Serbia, and the first ones have already been delivered, according to Sputnik.
As former Defense Minister Aleksandar Vulin said earlier, Serbia received T-72 tanks as a donation within the military-technical agreement reached between President Aleksandar Vučić and Vladimir Putin. As part of the military-technical agreement, Serbia received from Russia, in addition to these tanks, other armored vehicles, 30 BRDM-2 armored vehicles, some of which have already arrived in Serbia, adds Sputnik.
Both the tanks and the BRDMs were modernized before being handed over to the Serbian army.
Russian military expert Fyodor Boldyrev estimated that the T-72 tanks that Serbia received have a common base of the Soviet T-72, but also a number of new components and common units of Russian production, which will facilitate their joint exploitation in Serbia.
?? – For the conditions of the Balkans, Serbia does not need more modern tanks, taking into account the weaknesses of the armies of neighboring countries ?? – Boldirjov said on Sputnik.
As part of military-technical cooperation, Serbia also acquired “MiG-29” aircraft, MI-17 and MI-35 helicopters and “Pancir” air defense systems from Russia, Sputnik added.
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