{"id":2408,"date":"2026-10-28T14:31:50","date_gmt":"2026-10-28T14:31:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/28\/ethiopia-receives-12-russian-fighter-jets\/"},"modified":"2026-10-28T14:31:50","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T14:31:50","slug":"ethiopia-receives-12-russian-fighter-jets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/28\/ethiopia-receives-12-russian-fighter-jets\/","title":{"rendered":"Ethiopia receives 12 Russian fighter jets"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"67.644817073171\">\n<p>Ethiopia has taken delivery of 12 Russian fighter jets, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed announced Wednesday on the sidelines of the third Russia-Africa summit, as tensions with neighbouring Eritrea remain high.\n<\/p>\n<p>Ethiopian forces have pushed right up to the Eritrean border in recent weeks after repelling an advance by Eritrea-backed rebels in its northern Tigray state.\n<\/p>\n<p>Ethiopia and Eritrea broke diplomatic ties this month, but Abiy and Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki are both attending the Russia-Africa summit, held Wednesday and Thursday in Moscow, which is hosting delegations from 48 African nations.\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have today taken delivery of the first twelve Su-35 4++ Generation fighter jets,\u201d the Ethiopian leader stated on X, under a \u201cprior agreement with the Russian government\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>He did not provide further details.<\/p>\n<p>Ethiopia will also receive four \u201cS-400 air defence system batteries,\u201d he added. <\/p>\n<div class=\"read-also\">\n<header>Related News<\/header>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Abiy called it a \u201chistoric achievement\u201d that would allow Ethiopia to continue \u201censuring our collective security and regional stability\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Tuesday that the summit could be a forum for rapprochement between the fractious Horn of Africa neighbours.\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are interested in Ethiopia and Eritrea normalising their relations,\u201d Lavrov said, adding Moscow would \u201cprovide every opportunity for arranging contact\u201d during the summit.\n<\/p>\n<p>Eritrea, ruled by Isaias since achieving independence in 1993, fears that landlocked Ethiopia will invade to seize access to the Red Sea.\n<\/p>\n<p>It was one of only five nations to vote \u2014 alongside Syria and North Korea \u2014 against a United Nations resolution in March 2022 demanding the withdrawal of Russian forces from Ukraine.\n<\/p>\n<p>AFP\n<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div readability=\"14.852589641434\">\n<p> All rights reserved. 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