Ethiopia receives 12 Russian Su-35 jets, plans S-400 acquisition

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed announced that Ethiopia had received 12 Russian Su-35 fighter jets and would acquire four S-400 air defence batteries. He made the announcement on X during a visit to Moscow for the Russia-Africa Summit, saying the jets arrived a year earlier than expected with help from Russian President Vladimir Putin. He gave no delivery date for the S-400 batteries. The acquisitions come as Ethiopian forces fight rebels in Tigray and the Amhara region.