Advisor to the head of the Ministry of internal Affairs of Ukraine Zoryan Shkiriak said that the Ministry of defence signed a contract for production and delivery of military equipment, which will be deployed in the war zone of Donbass. According to him, the total amount of the contracts amounted to UAH 1 billion (about $63 million), informs.

Shkiriak added that the equipment will be provided by the Ukrainian army as soon as possible.

" once Stepan Poltorak became Minister of defense and began to strengthen and upgrade the APU, it would minimize the bureaucratic component, which dealt with the equipment and supplies in the Mat. Only the previous week had made contracts for production and delivery of heavy equipment and heavy weapons APU 1 billion UAH, and in the near future this technique will be at the forefront, " said the Advisor to the Minister. However Shkiriak not said what purpose the money was allocated.

Advisor to the head of the interior Ministry has added his words to the fact that during the last period of time the national guard of Ukraine has purchased more than 1,000 military vehicles and more than 200 armored vehicles, in which tanks and armoured personnel carriers.

Kyiv authorities began in April in the East of Ukraine military operation against dissatisfied with the February coup d'etat residents. According to the UN on 31 October, the number of victims of the conflict exceeded 4 thousand people, more than 9 thousand were injured. With the mediation of the OSCE and Russia agreed a truce with the 5 September. In General it is observed, However, the parties blame each other in its violation.

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