Australia offered the helicopters free of charge as it retires the fleet for similar cost reasons and transitions to AH-64E Apaches. Ukraine has since withdrawn its request for the Tigers to focus on other aviation assets.
Tuesday, October 20, 2026
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Kyiv determined that the expense of maintaining and operating a new fleet of aircraft outweighed the potential battlefield advantages of accepting retired equipment from Australia. Ambassador Vasyl Myroshnychenko said Ukraine declined a proposal to acquire Eurocopter Tiger attack helicopters because training pilots and keeping the airframes combat-ready would be too costly.

Australia offered the helicopters free of charge as it retires the fleet for similar cost reasons and transitions to AH-64E Apaches. Ukraine has since withdrawn its request for the Tigers to focus on other aviation assets.
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