The Russian military-transport aviation stops operating the biggest turboprop An-22 Antey airlifters from 2024, Commander Lieutenant General Vladimir Benediktov said.

"We are in Tver, which is actually the unofficial capital of the military-transport aviation. The heaviest 12th division in the world is deployed here and operates the biggest An-124 Ruslan airlifters. There were legendary Antey before, which we unfortunately have to stop operating this year," he told the Solovyov Live TV.

Sixty-seven An-22 were produced by the Antonov plant in Soviet Ukraine. "Some remained in Ukraine, we had close to 60 in our airlifter fleet," he said.