Ka-32 helicopter during an emergency response exercise. File photoBELGRADE, Jul 28 Serbian authorities hope to receive state-of-the-art Ka-32 helicopters from Russia in a month to fight fires in the country and help the states of the region, President Aleksandar Vučić said. in the Western Balkans with temperatures around 40 degrees led to the largest fire in Slovenia. Fires are also raging in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and North Macedonia. We are waiting for the arrival, we paid a long time ago, two «Kamovs». Why? So that people know, we will be equipped with the most modern fire helicopters in the world at the latest in a month. These are Russian «Kamovs» that carry 5 thousand liters of water in a tank , and now our helicopters carry a thousand liters,” the Serbian leader told reporters on Thursday. “You can see for yourself what the difference is and how much we can help people in (within the framework of the cross-border initiative — ed.) Open Balkan — North Macedonia and Albania and everyone else who will ask, like our friends from Slovenia,” Vučić said. In early June, the President of Serbia said that he was concerned about whether the restrictive measures of the West would allow the delivery of Ka-32 helicopters from Russia to Serbia to extinguish fires.
Vucic said he was proud of Serbia without an anti-Western and Russophobic approach
