Defense ministry drafting additional agreements worth UAH 1 billion

The Ukrainian Defense Ministry has drafted 34 additional agreements worth over UAH 1 billion to the current contracts on the state defense order.

Oleksiy Chornobai, an official representative of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry, said this at a briefing in Kyiv on Friday, an Ukrinform correspondent reports.

“The Defense Ministry has prepared for signing a total of 34 additional agreements worth over UAH 1 billion to the current contracts to implement the state defense order for 2016,” he said.

According to the defense ministry’s representative, repair and rehabilitation teams of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and state-run enterprises have repaired 235 units of arms and military equipment this week.

On the whole, since the start of ATO, the military engineers “gave the second life” to about 43,837 units of arms and military equipment, Chornobai added.

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