The Ministry of defense of Ukraine hopes that in March-April will be entered into all necessary contracts for the maintenance of the army with weapons, supplies and equipment for the current year, said Thursday 1st Deputy defense Minister Ivan Rusnak.

"this year, the head of Ukraine, the Council, the Parliament and the government has taken unprecedented measures to Finance the needs of defence. We allocated more than 44 6 billion hryvnia (about 1, 9 billion). Now the challenge is to quickly enter into contracts for the modernization and repair of weapons, the purchase of the property, the purchase of new weapons and equipment, necessary to the armed forces of Ukraine. Currently all work is focused on the fact that all of these contracts were concluded in March or April, " said correspondents Rusnak.

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