The President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko said that more than 300 million UAH will go is to purchase new tanks “Oplot” for the Ukrainian troops. About it reports “112 Ukraine”.
“And then we abroad the tanks delivered, and how our guys to go into battle – “MBT” was not. I said, the first few battalions should be equipped with the most modern, newest, now we have all possibilities for this, tanks “Stronghold”, – he said.
We will remind, in the formation of the state defense order for the year 2018 shall be provided for the purchase of the Armed forces of Ukraine of the party of main battle tanks (MBT) “Hold”, said the Secretary of national security Council and defence of Ukraine (NSDC) Oleksandr Turchynov.