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Slovakia Delivered Mi-17s For the Armed Forces of Ukraine (Video)

Mi-17 helicopters of the Slovak Air Force / Illustrative photo from open sources
Mi-17 helicopters of the Slovak Air Force / Illustrative photo from open sources

Some of these helicopters can be used as attack helicopters, and some as purely transport ones

On June 18, 2022, the Slovak TV channel NovinyPlus showed in their report the process of moving two Mi-17 helicopters with serial numbers 0807 and 0821 on trawls.

This transport was moving from the airport in the city of Prešov in the direction of the border with Ukraine, says the Scramble portal in the publication dated July 3, 2022.

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The portal states that, according to their data, Slovakia also transferred two other Mi-17 helicopters to Ukraine, with serial numbers 0844 and 0847. These helicopters were equipped with suspension assemblies for blocks with unguided air missiles.

Next is the transfer from Slovakia to the Armed Forces of Ukraine of the Mi-17 helicopter with the serial number 0820. This helicopter has on-board equipment of Israeli manufacture, so Bratislava needs a separate permission from the Israeli government to supply Ukraine with this helicopter.

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Slovak Air Force Mi-17 with serial number 0820 / Photo credit: Marco Papa

The authors of Scramble also write that the Slovak military did give Ukraine one Mi-2 helicopter, which had the serial number 3301.

According to open sources photos, this Mi-2 was not used with outboard weapons or equipment during its service in the Slovak Air Force.

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Slovak Mi-2 with serial number 3301 / Photo credit: Airplane-Pictures.net
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