KIEV, May 21 – Ukraine is preparing to ship to Iraq a second batch of 62 BTR-4 armored personnel carriers, which were assembled at Kharkiv facilities under a large-scale contract worth more than $550 million for the supply of Ukrainian military equipment to the Iraqi customer, a source familiar with the implementation of the contract told Interfax-Ukraine.

"The shipping of the second batch of 62 BTR-4s is scheduled for the nearest future: during its acceptance, the customer expressed his satisfaction with the technical capabilities of the new Ukrainian armored vehicles," the agency's source reported.