Ukraine modernized only 45 planes out of a fleet of 105 before the 2014 outbreak of war with Russia-controlled separatists cut work short.

Ukraine modernized only 45 planes out of a fleet of 105 before the 2014 outbreak of war with Russia-controlled separatists cut work short. Recently, a Ukranian delegation from SpetsTechnoExport visited the headquarters of the Indian Air Force to negotiate to upgrade the remaining 60 An-32s by the end of next year. But, Krishnan focused on last week’s disappearance of an Indian Air Force An-32 on a flight to a Himalayan airstrip near China, writing of “the sheer incompetence of the Ukrainians” in implementing the modernization contract.