# Mozambique receives Mi-17 helicopter and other Russian  hardware

- Link: https://www.military.africa/2019/09/mozambique-receives-mi-17-helicopter-and-other-russian-hardware/
- Published: 2019-09-28T19:03:00+01:00
- Author: Military Africa

Mozambican military have received at least one new Mil Mi-17 assault helicopter 
from Russia, according to photograph released on social media.

The photograph showed an Antonov An-124-100 transport aircraft from the 224 ^(th)
Flight Unit of the Russian Air Force offloading the helicopter and other military
hardwares at the Nacala airport in northern Mozambique.

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One of the photograph showed the Mi-17 helicopter being offloaded by a group of 
men wearing Mozambican camouflaged fatigues. A military truck was also offloaded
from the aircraft.

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Russian Antonov An-124-100 transport aircraft offloading its cargo in Nacala airport,
Mozambique (Twitter photo).

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A military truck being offloaded from the Russian Antonov An-124-100 transport in
Nacala, Mozambique (Twitter photo)

The helicopter was missing its main rotor blades, according to Flightradar24 data,
the Russian Antonov An-124-100 aircraft left Eastern Europe on 24 September and 
headed back on 26 September.

In October 2017, terror attacks by a suspected armed Islamist group in the northern
province of Cabo Delgado killed at least 39 people and left more than 1,000 displaced
between May and July 2018. 

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The Islamic State (IS) claimed responsibility for both attacks via its social media
outlets.

The recent attacks in the southeast African country signals a growing presence of
IS militants who have carried out similar attacks against the military and local
residents in the Muslim-majority northern part of Mozambique.

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The recent attacks in the southeast African country signals a growing presence of
IS militants who have carried out similar attacks against the military and local
residents in the Muslim-majority northern part of Mozambique.

Since then, about 160 Russian military advisors have apparently been deployed to
Mozambique since the end of August, especially in Cabo Delgado.

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