re: Latest Updates: Russia-Ukraine Conflict

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US purchased 81 Soviet-era combat aircraft from Russian ally Kazakhstan, Kyiv Post reports. Kazakhstan, which is renewing its aircraft fleet, auctioned off 117 Soviet-era fighters and bombers, including MiG-31 interceptors, MiG-27 fighter-bombers, MiG-29 fighters and Su-24 bombers from the 1970s and 1980s. The declared sale value was one billion Kazakhstani tenge, said the Post, or $2.26 million, equalling an average value for each plane of $19,300. The US purchased 81 of the aged, unusable warplanes, said the Ukrainian Telegram channel Insider UA, per the Post.

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Damn < 20,000 USD for a plane. Looks like the planes are not in flying condition, but the spare parts will be important for Ukraine’s planes. I wonder how Putin feels about his decision to bail out Kazakstan? First Kazakstan doesn’t send troops to help Russia when it asked, it’s not helping Russia avoid sanctions, and now it’s selling military equipment to the USA which is obviously going to end up with Ukraine.

ETA: Kazakstan is now denying the report so take with a grain of potassium. Be sure to use Kazakstan potassium because all others have inferior potassium.