Kyiv plant " Lenin's smithy " until the end of 2015 will be built for the naval forces of Ukraine two artillery boats class " Viper ", said on Sunday correspondents in Nikolaev commander of the Ukrainian Navy Vice Admiral Sergei Haiduk.
" in October of the current year, an agreement was signed between the Ministry of defence of Ukraine and the plant " Lenin's smithy " on the construction of 2 artillery boats class " Viper " so that before the end of 2015 will be built these boats, with tasks in the sea and on the river, " said Gaiduk, RIA " news " referring to UNIAN. He said that the Ukrainian Navy sincerely hope that in 2015 they (the boats) will join the ship's Navy ". Also, according to the commander of the fleet, in Nikolaev on the black sea shipbuilding plant " built Corvette project 58250. As said Gaiduk, " percentage of completion of the ship is 43% ". Eleven of November in the Ministry of defence of Ukraine told that hope to Increase defense spending to 3% of GDP. According to the interior Ministry, only for one week in early November, Ukraine has purchased the heavy armament of the total price of about UAH 1 billion (approximately 64, 5 million). The increase in military spending is on the background of the difficult economic situation in the country.


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