Serbia Takes Delivery of 4 more Russian-made Fighter Jets

Serbia’s defense ministry says it has taken delivery of four Russian-made MiG-29 fighter jets from Belarus, part of an arms purchase that could heighten tensions in the Balkans and increase Moscow’s influence in the region.

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Serbian Defense Minister Aleksandar Vulin attended the ceremony at an air force base in Belarus on Monday.
Serbia has recently received six MiG-29 jets from Russia, which has also promised the delivery of 60 armored vehicles. Serbia, a Russian ally, was at war with neighbors Croatia, Bosnia and Kosovo in the 1990s during the bloody breakup of the former Yugoslavia.
Vulin said in a statement that with Monday’s delivery of the four secondhand jets that need refurbishing, Serbia will have 14 operational MiG-29s.
He says “our air force has never been stronger in decades.”