Belarus Plans to Assemble Su-25 Attack Aircraft

Belarus plans to produce components for Russian Su-25 attack aircraft locally and complete final assembly on Belarusian territory.

BELPOL reported this in its investigation.

The 558th Aviation Repair Plant in Baranovichi is preparing for this work and has significantly expanded its production capacity.

According to Belarus’s State Military-Industrial Committee, the enterprise has constructed new production facilities with a total floor area of more than 20,000 square meters.

The first new facility is an assembly area for aircraft components.

In September 2026, the Belarusian side reported that the 558th Aircraft Repair Plant (558 ARP) already has production capabilities for manufacturing parts and assemblies for a wide range of aircraft, including the Su-27, Su-30, MiG-29, Be-200, Tu-214, Il-76MD-90A, MC-21, LMS-901 Baikal, and Su-25.

Overall, the plant has more than 70 contracts with 18 enterprises to produce aircraft components.

The plans to localize Su-25 production in Belarus are not new.

Back in February 2023, during a meeting with Putin, Lukashenko publicly stated for the first time that Belarus was ready to establish Su-25 production.

In April 2023, Dmitry Krutoy, Belarusian Ambassador to Russia, clarified that the plans specifically concerned the final assembly of the Su-25.

According to him, the Russian side had provided the Belarusians with technical documentation, while Minsk wanted to develop the capabilities needed to progress from manufacturing aircraft engines to assembling complete aircraft.

Militarnyi previously reported that in February 2026, the Belarusian Air Force received a new batch of modern Su-30SM2 fighter jets.

Su-25 Production

The Su-25 was traditionally manufactured primarily in Tbilisi, at Plant No. 31 in the Georgian SSR, now known as Tbilisi Aircraft Manufacturing. In 1978–1979, the plant began full-scale production of the single-seat Su-25, as well as the Su-25K, Su-25BM, and other variants.

The second major production facility was the Ulan-Ude Aviation Plant in Russia. It mainly produced the two-seat Su-25UB and Su-25UBK trainer-combat aircraft, as well as the Su-25UTG.

After the collapse of the Soviet Union, serial production of the Su-25 effectively ended. The Tbilisi plant no longer supplies aircraft to the Russian military, while Russia has largely shifted its focus to repairing, modernizing, and refurbishing its existing fleet of attack aircraft.

Today, Russia primarily repairs and modernizes existing Su-25s. Belarus’s 558th Aircraft Repair Plant does similar work, repairing Su-25s and manufacturing individual components for the aircraft.