KIEV, Dec. 18 – Ukraine needs serious rearmament, according to National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) Secretary Oleksandr Turchynov.

He said that the shortage of advanced precision weaponry is one of the reasons why Ukraine has experienced grave losses.

"The situation is that one of the top-priorities we set for our defense industry is the necessity of ending the use of Russian equipment," he said at a briefing in Kiev on Wednesday, adding that the basis of Ukraine's military equipment is weaponry from the Soviet era.