>Last April, a delegation of Russian officials visiting Cairo asked Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi to give back more than a hundred engines from Russian helicopters that Moscow needed for Ukraine, three people with knowledge of the incident said. Sisi agreed and deliveries of about 150 engines are likely to start next month, say the people.
An Egyptian government spokesman declined to comment.
Those talks were part of a larger Russian push to seek help from its longtime arms customers, who for decades bought Russian aircraft, missiles and air-defense systems, making Moscow the world’s second-largest arms exporter. Throughout the year, Russia held talks with officials from Pakistan, Belarus and Brazil to try to acquire engines for the Russian attack and transport helicopters its forces lost to Ukrainian defenses early in the war, one of those people and another former Russian intelligence officer said.
“Russia spent decades building its arms trade,” said a person with knowledge of the buybacks. “Now they’re going back in secret to their customers trying to buy back what they sold them.”
(Interesting that Russians asked Egypt for this last April, Egypt agreed but the helicopters won’t actually be returned till December, ten months after the request.)
Oh, but I thought they were WINNING…how strange.
Sounds like it is now more prudent than ever to be sending even more weapons to Ukraine, seeing that soon you’ll be left with only plough shares and your grannies tittahs to hold on to the lands you stole.
No backsies
You break it you buy ut
Should return them some of those artillery shells the high-velocity way from the barrel.
Sounds these rat fucks are on the ropes and running out if time. Makes perfect sense to reload Ukraine for a few more rounds.
Laughable!
PRODUCT RECALL NOTICE
Please return all military equipment sold after 1950 due to these devices not performing to specification and may explode unexpectedly.
Refunds will be made in Ruble to the exact amount you paid at the time.
Impossible. I have been assured that unlike the west “who doesn’t know how to build anything”, Russia has infinite capacity to manufacture weapons.
The successor state to the Soviet Union …Russia ladies and gentlemen.
Russia was given a few tanks that India owned for maintenance. India paid Russia for the tanks and a maintenance package. Once Russia got the tanks they sent them to the front line without permission from India.
he should ask his allies in the league of villains for some weapons
A good response to that request would be to gift or sell the equipment to Ukraine.
We really have to keep the pressure on them now in that case. Can’t let the GOP fuck it up and allow Russia time to recover. Asking for weapons back they already sold is not a sign of things going well.
At what point did Russia become a walking meme
How about start using the new supertank T-14?
At what point did Russia become a walking meme
They’ll probably be lining up to give them back for free considering how effective they’ve proven to be.
Meanwhile the US yawns and hands out billions in weapons and thinks ehh whatever.
Give money first.
Not going to fall for that shit again.
How about get the fuck out of Ukraine so your people can stop dying and you blowing rubles on weapons and ammo?
So, do they get money back? Because if not, I’m sorry but they rightfully paid for them.
Umm no take backs bro. That’s not how this works. Lol.
PUTIN IS A MORON
Good guy Russia de-militarizing its allies after begging for its stuff back.
Looks like Ukraine’s gonna need more weapons, too.
Alright then, let’s send another round
Other countries “nah bruh”.
How to let people know the war isn’t going well.
This has got to be bad for future arms sales. They’re getting worked over by 40 year old western tech. But with Russian armor it might be recalled at any point. Didn’t Moscovia basically steal India’s tiger tanks early in the war?
Pathetic.
I don’t know which is more humiliating.
Pulling out of Ukraine or asking 3rd and 2nd world countries to give the weapons you sold them back
A crumbling empire, reeking of desperation as it prosecutes a pointless war that will inevitably leave it crippled. It’s sad, but the Russians do this to themselves.
Next time Russia sells weapons to consumers, they should make sure to include a EULA saying they merely purchase a license to use them, and tie built-in functionality like heating to a subscription time. Don’t forget mandatory firmware updates that drain the battery life.
Sorry, making it so consumers don’t own their own products is a Western thing.
Haha, good luck with that…
Give them to Ukraine instead.
Sorry but no take backs
Im sure many countries would take them up on that offer for their money back
Egypt and anyone else who complies should be punished for supplying arms to russia.
In general russia and its active supporters should be facing more and more sanctions. Nobody should be profiting from their crimes.
We will give back the ammo. Bullet by bullet.
Is this like the time Ford recalled the Pinto?
Yes, I’m sure that once they return the weapons they’ll receive their refund promptly and in full, too.
Fucking fool me once, yada yada. Fool me after all the shit russias done, like how do you even take anything they say seriously?
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>Last April, a delegation of Russian officials visiting Cairo asked Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi to give back more than a hundred engines from Russian helicopters that Moscow needed for Ukraine, three people with knowledge of the incident said. Sisi agreed and deliveries of about 150 engines are likely to start next month, say the people.
An Egyptian government spokesman declined to comment.
Those talks were part of a larger Russian push to seek help from its longtime arms customers, who for decades bought Russian aircraft, missiles and air-defense systems, making Moscow the world’s second-largest arms exporter. Throughout the year, Russia held talks with officials from Pakistan, Belarus and Brazil to try to acquire engines for the Russian attack and transport helicopters its forces lost to Ukrainian defenses early in the war, one of those people and another former Russian intelligence officer said.
“Russia spent decades building its arms trade,” said a person with knowledge of the buybacks. “Now they’re going back in secret to their customers trying to buy back what they sold them.”
(Interesting that Russians asked Egypt for this last April, Egypt agreed but the helicopters won’t actually be returned till December, ten months after the request.)
Oh, but I thought they were WINNING…how strange.
Sounds like it is now more prudent than ever to be sending even more weapons to Ukraine, seeing that soon you’ll be left with only plough shares and your grannies tittahs to hold on to the lands you stole.
No backsies
You break it you buy ut
Should return them some of those artillery shells the high-velocity way from the barrel.
Sounds these rat fucks are on the ropes and running out if time. Makes perfect sense to reload Ukraine for a few more rounds.
Laughable!
PRODUCT RECALL NOTICE
Please return all military equipment sold after 1950 due to these devices not performing to specification and may explode unexpectedly.
Refunds will be made in Ruble to the exact amount you paid at the time.
Impossible. I have been assured that unlike the west “who doesn’t know how to build anything”, Russia has infinite capacity to manufacture weapons.
The successor state to the Soviet Union …Russia ladies and gentlemen.
Russia was given a few tanks that India owned for maintenance. India paid Russia for the tanks and a maintenance package. Once Russia got the tanks they sent them to the front line without permission from India.
he should ask his allies in the league of villains for some weapons
A good response to that request would be to gift or sell the equipment to Ukraine.
We really have to keep the pressure on them now in that case. Can’t let the GOP fuck it up and allow Russia time to recover. Asking for weapons back they already sold is not a sign of things going well.
At what point did Russia become a walking meme
How about start using the new supertank T-14?
At what point did Russia become a walking meme
They’ll probably be lining up to give them back for free considering how effective they’ve proven to be.
Meanwhile the US yawns and hands out billions in weapons and thinks ehh whatever.
Give money first.
Not going to fall for that shit again.
How about get the fuck out of Ukraine so your people can stop dying and you blowing rubles on weapons and ammo?
So, do they get money back? Because if not, I’m sorry but they rightfully paid for them.
Umm no take backs bro. That’s not how this works. Lol.
PUTIN IS A MORON
Good guy Russia de-militarizing its allies after begging for its stuff back.
Looks like Ukraine’s gonna need more weapons, too.
Alright then, let’s send another round
Other countries “nah bruh”.
How to let people know the war isn’t going well.
This has got to be bad for future arms sales. They’re getting worked over by 40 year old western tech. But with Russian armor it might be recalled at any point. Didn’t Moscovia basically steal India’s tiger tanks early in the war?
Pathetic.
I don’t know which is more humiliating.
Pulling out of Ukraine or asking 3rd and 2nd world countries to give the weapons you sold them back
A crumbling empire, reeking of desperation as it prosecutes a pointless war that will inevitably leave it crippled. It’s sad, but the Russians do this to themselves.
Next time Russia sells weapons to consumers, they should make sure to include a EULA saying they merely purchase a license to use them, and tie built-in functionality like heating to a subscription time. Don’t forget mandatory firmware updates that drain the battery life.
Sorry, making it so consumers don’t own their own products is a Western thing.
Haha, good luck with that…
Give them to Ukraine instead.
Sorry but no take backs
Im sure many countries would take them up on that offer for their money back
Egypt and anyone else who complies should be punished for supplying arms to russia.
In general russia and its active supporters should be facing more and more sanctions. Nobody should be profiting from their crimes.
We will give back the ammo. Bullet by bullet.
Is this like the time Ford recalled the Pinto?
Yes, I’m sure that once they return the weapons they’ll receive their refund promptly and in full, too.
Fucking fool me once, yada yada. Fool me after all the shit russias done, like how do you even take anything they say seriously?
Shelves must be getting a little bare !