The state-owned UkrOboronProm arms factory this year is expected to churn out 40 of its Oplot main battle tank, and next year will make 120. That’s a 2,300 percent increase over the five the factory produced last year, the Miami Herald writes.
Despite the gains, Mykola Sunhurovskyi, the director of military programs at the Razumkov Center, a research center in Kyiv, believes that Ukraine must enhance its planning if the improvements of the last 18 months are going to be sustainable.
“The Defense Ministry reorganizes in the way it sees fit, while the Interior Ministry and Ministry of Foreign Affairs reorganize in …read more
Source: Razumkov Centre