KIEV, July 14 – Ukrainian Defense Minister Mykhailo Yezhel and Chief of General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces and First Deputy Defense Minister Nikolai Makarov have discussed the prospects for further Ukrainian-Russian military cooperation.

Yezhel said at a meeting with Makarov on July 13 that attention should be paid to the consideration of three issues, in particular, the use by Russia of the Land Trial Training Aviation Complex (NITKA) and the implementation of the An-70 and corvette projects, the press service of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry reported.