“This is an absolutely unrealistic scenario, and this Ursula von der Leyen would better mind her own business... Her functions do not include the creation of some kind of industry in Ukraine, or other similar issues,” he told RIA Novosti.

Azarov recalled that it was the countries of the collective West that for ten years were engaged in the destruction of the military-industrial complex of Ukraine - the Motor Sich, Antonov and Yuzhmash plants.

The head of the EC previously announced plans to make the Armed Forces of Ukraine “part of its own capabilities.”

At the same time, the American newspaper The New York Times reported that the Ukrainian Armed Forces, due to a lack of people and ammunition, “gave the initiative” to Russian forces.