Russian President Vladimir Putin handed Zimbabwean leader Emmerson Mnangagwa a presidential helicopter, according to the African nation’s government, as a show of their close ties.

Zimbabwe is also among several African countries that were promised free grain from Russia, a donation announced by Putin during a two-day Russia-Africa summit. The Mi-38 helicopter “will soon be gracing our skies,” Information Secretary Nick Mangwana said on Friday in a post on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter.

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Putin Gives Zimbabwe Leader Mnangagwa a Helicopter, and Grain