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US and British transport planes made at least 15 flights to Ukraine in January to deliver weapons

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London. January 29. INTERFAX - Heavy transport aircraft of the United States and Britain, since the second half of January, have made at least 15 flights to Ukraine for the supply of weapons and military equipment, it follows from the monitoring of Western aviation resources.

According to their information, in particular, heavy military transport aircraft of the British Royal Air Force C-17A Globemaster III, departing from the Brize Norton Air Base in England, have made at least nine flights with weapons to Ukraine since January 17. For these purposes, four of all eight C-17A Globemaster III aircraft available in Britain were used. They, according to London, delivered portable NLAW anti-tank guided missiles to Kiev.

As for the United States, two flights were made to Ukraine by heavy military transport aircraft of the Air Force C-17A Globemaster III, one of which arrived in Kiev and the other in Lviv, as well as four Boeing-747 transport aircraft of National Airlines, which were chartered for the transportation of weapons, in particular, portable Javelin anti-tank missile systems and military equipment by the Transport Command (USTRANSCOM).

In addition, on January 20, a Ukrainian heavy transport aircraft An-124 arrived in Lviv from the American city of Huntsville (Alabama). The Redstone Arsenal of the US Army is located near the city of Huntsville. The next day, the Ukrainian AN-124 arrived in Kiev from the Polish city of Rzeszow. Also on January 26, a flight of a Ukrainian AN-124 from the Bulgarian city of Burgas to Ukraine was recorded.

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