Ukraine hands over bombers to Russia

The Russian air force has begun acceptance testing of eight Tupolev Tu-160 Blackjack and three Tupolev Tu-95MS Bear strategic bombers from Ukraine. The bombers were left in Ukraine when the Soviet Union was dissolved in 1991 and are being handed to Russia following an inter-governmental agreement.

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