Portugal to send Russian-made helicopters to Ukraine

Portugal will send six Kamov firefighting helicopters to Ukraine, Defense Minister Helena Carreiras said, Report informs via The Portugal News.

"At the request of Ukraine and in conjunction with the Ministry of Internal Affairs, we will make available to Ukraine our fleet of Kamov helicopters which, due to the current scenario, and the sanctions imposed on Russia, we are no longer able to operate, in fact, they do not have their airworthiness certificates, and we won't be able to repair them", announced Helena Carreiras.

The minister added, "six helicopters need repairs, one of them is inoperative because it crashed".