KIEV, Oct. 18 – The Armed Forces of Ukraine plan to put in operation the first ship of corvette class by 2017, Defense Minister Pavlo Lebedev said.

"The building of the ships of corvette class foreseen by the state target defense program for construction of the ships of corvette class under project 58250, was approved under a resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers in November 2011," Lebedev said in an exclusive interview with Interfax-Ukraine.