MANILA, Philippines — The Russian Ministry of Defense on Wednesday will be turning over military equipment to the Philippine government. The transfer of military products includes 20 units of multi-purpose vehicles, 5,000 units of AK-74M Kalashnikov assault rifles, 1 million units of ammunition and 5,000 units of steel helmets. President Rodrigo Duterte is set to receive the military equipment from Russia on Wednesday morning. The president will also visit Russian ship Admiral Pantaleev, where the turnover of the military equipment will be held. Duterte tours Russian's large anti submarine ship Admiral Pantaleev; to witness turn over of equipment from Russia to PH pic.twitter.com/QbP3n7Q8ei Headlines ( Article MRec ), pagematch: 1, sectionmatch: 1 — christina mendez (@xtinamen) October 25, 2017Earlier this month, Duterte said that the military could expect rifles from Russia.

Source: Philippine Star October 25, 2017 02:35 UTC