via TopWar.RU
In early March, it became known to terminate the participation of Russia in one of the most interesting Russian-Ukrainian projects in the field of military aviation. For several reasons, the Russian Defense Ministry was forced to erase from their work plans for the development and construction of military transport aircraft An-70. Earlier it was planned to take part in the final stages of this project, as well as purchase a few dozen of these aircraft. However, recent events have forced the Russian Defense Ministry to refuse further participation in the project.This is one of the reasons why this conflict has been so hard for me to wrap my head around.
Ukraine and Russia were once working hand in hand...I'm not talking about the Soviet era but recently.
The loss of Russian participation in the AN-70 project is going to hurt Ukraine bad. First it promised to safeguard Ukrainian aviation expertise but its going to hurt the Ukrainian budget. The AN-70 promised to deliver what the A400M couldn't, a strategic airlifter at a decent price.
It looked like a world beater and it would be a best seller.
All that appears to be dead now.
