According to the minister, if you add up the costs of armament from the already agreed and promising programs, then the country needs 230-250 billion hryvnia annually.
“We need to make a modern air defense and missile defense system.
We need a powerful fleet and coastal defense.
We need combat aircraft.
The rocket program will require significant resources and must be funded.
Because these are strategic advantages for the country, "Reznikov is quoted by ArmiaInform.
He urged to keep up with the world and "invest in advanced developments, unmanned technologies, automated control systems, robotics."
As Foreign Policy magazine previously reported, citing an unnamed Ukrainian military official, Oleksiy Reznikov, during a visit to the United States, "arrived at the Pentagon with an unusually large request" to transfer weapons systems to Kiev, including those previously intended for Afghanistan.
The Ukrainian minister also said that Kiev had asked its allies for additional material assistance, including weapons.