Ukrainian Aviation Industry: Discussion

Tsavo Lion wrote:Breaking news: https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/3111322/chinese-military-testing-home-made-engines-y-20-transport

These engines would enable much lighter An-188 to lift ~55-60Ts, if not more, & a twinjet variant ~35-40Ts.

VSU will order 3 An-178s: https://www.unian.net/economics/transport/an-178-vpervye-za-29-let-v-ukraine-postroyat-tri-novyh-samoleta-an-178-novosti-ukraina-11245085.html

The source said the WS-20 engine is designed to give the planes a bigger lift and longer range and has been installed on one Y-20 for testing.
“It will probably take three or more years to install such engines to other transport aircraft,” the source continued.

Tsavo Lion wrote:The Y-20 is better than the IL-76, but An-188 has no Chinese counterpart. 
They'll eventually get a settlement to recover the $ invested; then may resume business.

Experts explained how China will "punish" Ukraine because of Motor Sich

MOSCOW, February 5 - RIA Novosti. The Ukrainian newspaper " Business Capital " told how China will "punish" Ukraine and its President Volodymyr Zelensky because of the scandal over the purchase of the Motor Sich defense enterprise .
Earlier, Zelensky put into effect the decision of the NSDC to impose sanctions against the shareholders of Motor Sich for three years. In particular, the sanctions affected four Chinese companies and one citizen of the PRC. The representative of Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Wenbin, commenting on the decision Zelensky said that Beijing hopes to ensure Ukraine's legitimate rights and interests of Chinese companies. The Chinese company Beijing Skyrizon Aviation Industry Investment Co., which is a shareholder of Motor Sich, considers the sanctions imposed by Kiev against it to be groundless. Chinese investors hired three international law firms to recover $ 3.5 billion in damages from Ukraine.

The conflict may "backfire" by a serious cooling of relations with the authorities of the PRC and will have negative economic consequences, writes Delovaya Stolitsa. As the expert on international politics of the Ukrainian Institute of the Future Iliya Kus told the publication, the result of the scandal will be an increase in mistrust between the parties. "It will be more difficult to communicate with China, and even more difficult to attract investors from there," he said.

In addition, according to him, Ukraine will see a decline in cooperation with China within the framework of the New Silk Road initiative. Kusa pointed out that due to the conflict, Ukraine is expected to activate China in international courts.
In turn, economist Aleksey Kushch said that the "One Belt, One Road" project, on which Kiev could earn 10-15% of its GDP, now "can be forgotten." According to him, because of the scandal, Ukraine has forever fallen off the radar of Chinese investors, and in the coming years may lose its market for goods. Thus, China, as one of the largest buyers of Ukrainian agricultural products, can reorient itself to the Russian market.
Motor Sich is an enterprise in Zaporozhye that develops, manufactures, repairs and maintains aircraft gas turbine engines for airplanes and helicopters, as well as industrial gas turbine units. Motor Sich products are used on airplanes and helicopters in 120 countries. In August last year, then- US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo expressed concern to the Ukrainian president in connection with China's plans to buy the plant.