Russia has purchased 70 new army jets and helicopters which will be stationed across the annexed Crimean peninsula over the course of the coming year. The move is part of a massive overhaul of the facilities in its Southern Military District, which stretches between the Caspian and the Black seas.
The new southern-based units consist of 50 fighter jets and 20 helicopters, some of which will come under the command of Russia’s air force, while others will join the air defence regiment of Russia’s historic Black Sea Fleet naval unit in Crimea. New additions will include Su-34 strike fighter jets, the …read more
Source: Newsweek
