<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Ukuzibophezela okuphambukayo okuvela ohlangothini lwaseRussia kwaphazamisa iphrojekthi, njengoba iRussia yayikweleta uhlelo isikweletu esisele seminyaka emithathu kuze kube ngu-2009. Ngokwemibiko ehlukahlukene, ukungqubuzana kweRussia neGeorgia  <response>: ngo-Agasti 2008 kwaqokonyiswa isidingo se-airlifter ekilasini le-An-70, eyodwa eyayinesikhala semithwalo esikhulu kanye nekhono lokusebenza kusuka ezindizeni ezingafakwanga. 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. 