Myanmar takes delivery of Russian fighter jets

AFP :
Myanmar’s military has begun taking delivery of a batch of Russian-made combat jets, a monitoring group said on Friday, the latest hardware shipped from Moscow as rights campaigners accuse the junta of hitting civilians with air strikes.
In 2018 under the civilian government of Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar’s military purchased six Sukhoi Su-30s from Russia, according to Russian state media reports.
Satellite data, reports from flight spotters and a closed source have “now confidently confirmed” the presence of at least one of the jets in the military-built capital Naypyidaw, said Myanmar Witness, a monitoring group.
It did not say whether the jet was in training or flown on active missions.
Local media have previously reported between four and six of the multi-role twin-seat fighters had arrived in the country, accompanied by Russian trainers and technicians.
The military has not commented on the sale or how many of the jets are in Myanmar.
Russia is a major arms supplier and backer of the junta, which has described Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine as “justified.”