The head of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko on the first day of the week gave the army with modern weapons and equipment, as well as among them self-propelled howitzers " Peony " and the upgraded aircraft.

" Today we can demonstrate exactly how budget money is spent where they are going, and look from left to right a huge long line of the most modern military equipment, right in front of us are the most powerful 203-millimetrewave complexes, self-propelled howitzers of the Pion, which worked well during the antiterrorist operation, they are very afraid of the enemy. On equipment Mat (Armed forces) act completely renewed BMP-2, and for the first time in many years, we share in the composition of the SCU are well trained and upgraded aircraft, " - said the head during the event transmission equipment in Zhytomyr region, which was broadcast on Ukrainian television.

The President also said that just last month took place on the 3rd transmission equipment Mat, and each time the army has received more than 100 units of military equipment, as well as among them, armored vehicles, tanks, infantry fighting vehicles, howitzers, and reconnaissance. After the speech Poroshenko, the ceremony of the transfer of military equipment, as well as the awarding of the military.

in the draft budget for 2015 to ensure the defence expenditure in the amount of almost $ 5 billion, and represented the state guarantee in the amount of more than 360 million dollars for the purchase of weapons and military equipment.

The Ukrainian authorities began in April in the East 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 militias and the Military agreed in Minsk truce from 5 September. However, the parties accused one another in the 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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