Ukroboronprom had the task to modernize its 2015 model of An-178 in order to replace Russian-produced parts with domestically produced or western-purchased ones. The other task was to upgrade the model of the plane itself, adding modern...
Those things are possible but not necessarily going to happen, the Rosbalt commentator says, because there is the very real possibility that “events may get out of control” and leave Putin with neither of the two goals he so...
Why is there a need to sell a successful company in the first place? Motor Sich is one of the most important Ukrainian strategic enterprises. 30,000 people work there and the factory produces engines for helicopters and planes of the...
A subsidiary of the Boeing top aerospace company signed an agreement on cooperation with the once glorious Ukrainian Antonov Enterprise. Antonov and Aviall Services Inc. signed the deal at the Farnborough International Airshow in the...
Ukrainian pilots who were steering an airplane of the Turkish company Atlasglobal were able to safely land an airplane with a badly damaged cockpit on 27 July. The 121 passengers and 6 crew members on board were safely transferred to...
In the fall of 2016, the Joint Investigation Team (JIT) tasked to investigate the catastrophe which killed all 298 people on board presented their conclusions, according to which the Malaysian Boeing was downed by a rocket from a Buk...
A brand new Ukrainian-built Antonov plane, taking off for the first time. The iconic Antonov aircraft manufacturer tested its new multipurpose model AN-132D on 31 March. A delegation of top officials from Saudi Arabia,...
The Irish lowcost air carrier Ryanair has officially entered the Ukrainian market and will launch flights between nine European destinations and the Kyiv and Lviv airports on 30 October 2017. At a joint press conference with Ukrainian...
Putin’s goals and philosophy Sławomir Sierakowski: What is Putin’s ultimate goal in this war? Timothy Snyder: That’s no big secret: to destroy Ukraine as a state and exterminate Ukrainians as a nation. I’d...