President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed Ukraine's interest in purchasing combat and military transport aircraft of Brazilian production. This was announced by Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on the official Twitter.
Ucrânia quer aviões militares do ??. Presidente ucraniano tem interesse em comprar aviões Super Tucano. O Ministro de Relações Exteriores, @ernestofaraujo , avaliou a dos ucranianos adquirirem a aeronave KC-390, cargueiro militar fabricado no Brasil. @RenovaMidia
- Jair M. Bolsonaro (@jairbolsonaro) October 23, 2019
“Ukraine is interested in Brazilian military aviation. The President of Ukraine is interested in buying a Super Tucano aircraft. Foreign Minister Ernest Araujo appreciated the opportunity of Ukrainians to purchase a Brazilian-made KC-390 military transport aircraft, ”Bolsonaro wrote.
Earlier in August, a delegation of the Ukrainian Air Force led by Commander Sergei Drozdov visited Brazil to evaluate the acquisition of Embraer EBN-314 Super Tucano light turboprop attack aircraft.
In mid-October 2019, Ukrainian pilots visited Portugal, where they made a series of flights on Embraer EBN-314 Super Tucano light turboprop attack aircraft.
KC-390 tactical transport aircraft being developed by the Brazilian company Embraer. Externally and functionally similar to the Japanese Kawasaki C-1 and C-2. This is the largest aircraft ever built by Embraer. The plane was first presented to the public in 2014, and made its first flight on February 3, 2015.
EMB-314 Super Tucano is also developed by Embraer. At first it was planned that the aircraft would be used as a training aircraft, but later it was modified for a light turboprop attack aircraft. The first prototype of the aircraft took to the skies in 1999. The aircraft can also be equipped with Raytheon's AIM-9 air-to-air missiles, suspended missile containers and conventional or guided bombs.
