Secretary of the Ukrainian Council of national security and defense Oleksandr Turchynov said about the need to make at least one of the strongest armies in Europe.

in 2013 the Ukrainian army was among the ten most populous in the European Union After the Russian, Turkish, French, British and Italian. It consisted of about 130 thousand people. After the change of power in the country and the beginning of military special operations in the East of Ukraine's new leadership has launched large-scale military reform.

" We need to create one of the strongest armies in the European Union at least, " - quoted words Turchinov. In his vision, the country can protect only a powerful army, and not international dialogues and punishment.

Kyiv authorities began in April in the East of Ukraine military operation against dissatisfied with the February coup d'etat in the region. According to the summary data of the United Nations, victims of the conflict were more than 4, 7 thousands of civilians, more than 10 thousand were injured. Brokered by Russia and the OSCE agreed in Minsk truce from 5 September. However, the parties blame each other in violation of the Minsk agreements. On the morning of December 9, in the Donbass began a consistent militias and security forces through the mediation of the OSCE another truce.

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