Ukraine forced to turn to Western partners for the supply of components for weapons, as it became impossible to get them from Russia, and wants to switch to NATO standards, said the General Director of state enterprise "Ukroboronprom" Roman Romanov.

"A large number of products we have received from Russia. At the moment when This interaction is not possible, we need to sign up to new partners, Western partners, to our production site worked and earned those components and articles which we received previously from Russian partners ", - told reporters on Wednesday Novels, noting the necessity of transition of Ukrainian producers to the standards of NATO.

according to his statement, about the company signed 10 memorandums of cooperation with manufacturers from USA, UK, Poland, Canada. This applies to areas such as armoured vehicles, optical equipment, unmanned aerial devices, personal protection, and others. Romanov also said that now the export of Ukrainian weapons is only " units % ", since in practice the produced machinery is in the zone of confrontation in the Donbass.

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