Ukrinmash derails Bulgaria’s plan to overhaul MiG-29s

The Bulgarian government was forced to suspend a plan to overhaul the country’s MiG-29s with RSK MiG after Ukraine’s Ukrinmash filed an appeal with the country’s competition regulator.

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Defense Minister Krasimir Karakachanov told reporters that the move by Ukrinmash was “a sabotage attempt.”

“The Ukrainian company does not have a license, it does not have capability to carry out such overhauls,” he told a news conference.