MOSCOW, June 30. /ITAR-TASS/. Russia has completed Su-25 supplies to Iraq under earlier contracts, the Russian Foreign Ministry said.
“At present, the supplies have been completed,” Russia’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich said.
Earlier, Iraq has requested Russia to urgently supply Su-25 (Frogfoot) ground attack aircraft over Washington’s delay in delivering F-16 fighters. A source from the military and diplomatic circles reported this to ARMS-TASS on Monday.
The Iraqi Defense Ministry has had to request Russian aircraft deliveries over the need to urgently raise the Iraqi army’s combat readiness in its fight against terrorists, the source said.
The source declined to specify the number of Su-25 planes to be supplied to Iraq to make up for the missing 18 F-16 fighters, which the Pentagon had earlier pledged to deliver.