Ukraine able to replace Russian-made components in An-124 Ruslan this year – Ukroboronprom

First Deputy Director General of Ukraine's state-run military-industrial Ukroboronprom Concern Serhiy Omelchenko says Ukrainian-based State Enterprise Antonov, which is part of the Concern, is able to replace all Russian-made components in the An-124 Ruslan aircraft this year and launch their local production in Ukraine.

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"The replacement of components used in the aircraft is of critical importance to Antonov. Now we are actively cooperating with several international aircraft manufacturers in that direction. Therefore, if we don't replace those nodes and units manufactured by the Russian Federation, it will be impossible to assemble that aircraft without Russia," he told Ukraine's Pryamiy TV Channel on January 11.

"But we are already at the final stage of replacing the aircraft's entire electronics. We hope they will be finally accepted by Antonov's engineering and design teams this year to start assembling the first aircraft that will be free from any Russian parts," Omelchenko added.