MINSK. Aug 17 (Interfax) - The first batch of Mil Mi-35M helicopters received from Russia has landed in Belarus, the Belarusian Defense Ministry's press service said on Thursday.
"Right now, the first batch of Mi-35M helicopters supplied to the Belarusian army has landed on an airfield of the Air Force and the Air Defense Troops," it said.
The helicopters were flown by Belarusian pilots trained at the Russian Armed Forces' training center, it said.
"They covered a distance of more than 2,000 kilometers," the statement said.
The Belarusian Defense Ministry earlier said the helicopters had been delivered "in line with a plan for building the capacity of the Belarusian Armed Forces and military-technical cooperation with the Russian Federation."