Russia delivers 12 Sukhoi Su-35s to Ethiopia
On the sidelines of the Russia-Africa summit, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed announced the receipt of twelve Su-35 fighters. An order with an undetermined number of devices.
Ethiopia becomes the fourth foreign country to be able to pilot and integrate Russian Sukhoi Su-35 fighters into its air force. On October 28, on the sidelines of the Russia-Africa summit in Moscow, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed announced on a social network the receipt of twelve Su-35s. Abiy Ahmed added that Ethiopia will also receive S-400 air defense systems.
It is not clear how many more Su-35s will be delivered. A contract for the acquisition of six aircraft was signed a year ago. This is the Su-35S, generation 4++.
This announcement is made in a context of freezing diplomatic relations with Eritrea, a former province of the country which gained independence in 1993, and against which Ethiopia waged a bloody war between 1998 and 2000. This delivery is also made in a context of clashes in the Tigray region and in the north of the country, which resumed last September.
Ethiopia is one of the few international customers of the Su-35, along with Algeria, Egypt, China, Indonesia and Iran. Ethiopia has been a long-time customer of Russian fighters. In the war against Eritrea, the Ethiopian armed forces pitted their Su-27s, ordered in the mid-1990s, against the Mig-19s.
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