Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko shakes hands with Ukrainian servicemen on Dec. 6 during a ceremony for the delivery of more than 100 pieces of armored vehicles and military equipment.
Addressing a meeting of servicemen and officials on the airfield near Kharkiv Dec. 6., Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said the armor contracts with tank-building plants will be doubled in 2015, Interfax reported Dec. 6.
The focus is on a new armored personnel vehicle which was modernized following its operation in Donbas, the president said.
Production of new Oplot tanks will also be increased, he said.
A Ukrainian tank rides on Dec. 4, 2014 in the eastern Ukrainian village of Orlovka in the Donetsk Oblast, which is under control by Ukrainian forces, after night shelling by pro-Russian separatist.
Simultaneously, Ukraine is in talks to buy modern weaponry currently not produced in Ukraine from its foreign partners, he said.
“We will never underestimate the need for a strong army,” Poroshenko assured at the ceremony of delivering a large amount of weaponry to the military.
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