Kiev hopes to replace Ukrainian enterprises by Russian suppliers for its military-industrial complex (MIC), informs the state concern "Ukroboronprom" on Tuesday.

"The events of the past year forced us to actively start the process of import substitution.(Supply) 35% of components that were formerly imported from Russia, which is produced specifically " Ukroboronprom ", the rest of our offer forces other organizations of Ukraine is about 20 thousand items, which will be equipped with our weapons and equipment, " cites a report of the General Director of the concern Roman Romanov.

So, the concern deepen cooperation with enterprises of Ternopil region. First, a similar consensus has been achieved with the enterprises of Lviv region.

Some of the largest plants in Ukraine is a serious loss due to the rupture of economic relations with Russia, among them - JSC " Motor Sich ", the enterprise "Antonov" and the famous Dnepropetrovsk " Yuzhmash ", which is first supplied to the Russian Federation of dual-use goods, for example aircraft engines and gas turbine units.

As first noted by the leader of the movement "Ukrainian choice" Viktor Medvedchuk, the Ukrainian government is trying to give the defense enterprises orders, but on the work at the same level has the opportunity to be considered that in the end increases the likelihood of bringing to the loss of the industrial potential of the country.

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