MINSK, December 26. /TASS/. Another batch of Russia’s Su-30SM2 fighter jets has arrived at a Belarusian airfield, the Belarusian Defense Ministry’s press service reported.

Deputy Commander of the Belarusian Air Force and Air Defense Forces, Chief of Aviation, Colonel Alexander Belyaev, said that "the arrival of new aircraft has already become a good tradition: the fleet is being steadily renewed." "These aircraft will soon undergo technical inspection at the air base and, in two weeks at most, will enter on duty to defend our beloved homeland in the airspace," the ministry’s press service quoted him as saying.

According to Belyaev, "this is not the last batch: new equipment will continue to arrive." He described the Su-30SM2 as "a fighter aircraft that meets all the requirements for aircraft of this class," adding, "flying it is a true joy."

According to Russia’s United Aircraft Corporation (UAC), the new jets are outfitted with cutting-edge high-precision weapons capable of delivering strikes on air, land, and sea targets at a distance of several hundred kilometers.

Earlier in December, Commander of the Belarusian Air Force and Air Defense Forces Andrey Lukyanovich reported that this year the Belarusian military had already received new Tor-M2 short-range air defense missile systems, Su-30SM2 aircraft, as well as Mi-35M helicopters, and was purchasing the Vostok and Rosa radars. In August, another batch of Russia’s Su-30SM2 aircraft was delivered to an airfield in Belarus. The previous batch of multirole fighters arrived at one of the country's airfields in late May. The aircraft were delivered as part of military-technical cooperation between Belarus and Russia to enhance the air force’s capabilities to ensure the country’s airspace security.