It became known how many weapons and equipment the Ukrainian Armed Forces received in 2019
In 2019, more than 7000 units of weapons and military equipment were supplied to the Armed Forces of Ukraine, reports a PolitNavigator correspondent.
Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine for European Integration Anatoly Petrenko spoke about this at a briefing on defense procurement, the department’s press service reports.
“The results of 2019 are statistically as follows: based on the results of using these resources and fulfilling the tasks of the state defense order, 7434 units of weapons and military equipment were delivered to the troops,” Petrenko said.
According to him, these are approximately 700 units of missile and artillery weapons, about 500 units of armored and automotive vehicles, 90 aircraft of various types, 5 combat boats and ships and about 700 types of weapons and military equipment.
“It is important that we are increasing the pace of supply of modern and new equipment to the troops. Of course, we need to maintain the technical ability that we have, but it is important to move with the technological process. And in 2019, the troops received a significant number of different types of weapons and military equipment that are new,” Petrenko noted.
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