DISINFO: Georgia refuses help by superior Russian fire-fighter plane
SUMMARY
A Russian fire-fighting airplane discharges 400 tons of water on each go, however, Georgia refuses to receive help from Russia despite it being far superior and asks Turkey for a 15-ton helicopter, which “the historical brother and the strategic partner” does not want to give.
RESPONSE
A 400-ton firefighter air plane does not exist. The photo published shows Ilyushin Il-76 TD with the maximum retardant capacity of 42 tons and the maximum take-off weight of 187 tons. Turkey, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Belarus provided help with human resources to Georgia to fight the forest fire in Borjomi valley on August 20. Further debunking: mythdetector.ge/en/myth/arithmetic-propaganda-187-ton-russian-airplane-able-store-400-tons-water,