<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: Ukuzibophezela okuphambukayo okuvela ohlangothini lwaseRussia kwaphazamisa lo msebenzi, njengoba iRussia yayikweleta uhlelo isikweletu esisele seminyaka emithathu kuze kube ngu-2009. Ngokwemibiko ehlukahlukene,  <response>: Ukungqubuzana kweRussia neGeorgia ngo-August 2008 kwaqokomisa isidingo somkhumbi-mkhathi osezingeni le-An-70, onendawo enkulu yokuthwala impahla nekhono lokusebenza emigwaqweni yokundiza engafakwanga. Ngenxa yalokho, ngo-August 2009, womabili amazwe bavumelana ukuqhubeka ukuthuthukiswa An-70. I-Ukraine yaqhubeka nokuhlola indiza ye-prototype eyodwa ngenkathi yenza ukuthuthukiswa kwe-avionics yendiza, izinzwa kanye nesistimu yokushayela. Kwabikwa ukuthi i-Ukrainian Air Force uzothatha ukulethwa yayo yokuqala ezimbili An-70s ngo-2011 no-2012; Volga-Dnepr Airlines futhi usayine MoU nge Antonov ezinhlanu commercial-standard An-70Ts. Isidingo 60 An-70s yayihlanganisa in the Russian 2011-2020 uhlelo lwezikhali kazwelonke lapho ikhishwa ngoDisemba 2010. 