Cika wannan magana: Ƙaddamar da haɗin kai daga ɓangaren Rasha ya shafi aikin, kamar yadda Rasha ta bashi bashi ga shirin na shekaru uku har zuwa 2009. A cewar rahotanni daban-daban,
Rikicin Rasha da Georgia a watan Agusta 2008 ya nuna buƙatar jirgin sama a cikin aji na An-70, wanda ke da ɗaki mai ɗorewa da kuma damar yin aiki daga filayen jirgin sama. Sakamakon haka, a watan Agusta 2009, kasashen biyu sun amince su ci gaba da bunkasa An-70. Ukraine ta ci gaba da bin gwajin jirgi na samfurin kawai yayin da yake inganta kayan aikin jirgin sama, na'urori masu auna sigina da tsarin motsawa. An bayar da rahoton cewa Ukrainian Air Force zai dauki bayarwa na farko biyu An-70s a 2011 da 2012; Volga-Dnepr Airlines ya kuma sanya hannu a MoU da Antonov ga biyar kasuwanci-misali An-70Ts. An haɗa buƙatar 60 An-70s a cikin shirin makamai na ƙasa na 2011-2020 na Rasha lokacin da aka bayar a watan Disamba na 2010.