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Russia turns to buybacks to resupply forces deployed in Ukraine: WSJ

A Ukrainian service member holds captured Russian weapons in Bakhmut, Ukraine [File: Anna Kudriavtseva/Reuters]

Russia is trying to get back parts of defence systems it had exported in an attempt to restock for its invasion of Ukraine, the Wall Street Journal has reported.

In an article published on Wednesday, the US-based newspaper reported – citing three people with knowledge of the encounter – that Russian officials visited Cairo in April and asked Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi to return more than 100 engines from Russian helicopters.

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