KIEV, May 15 – As part of the Green Investment Scheme, Japan has transferred 348 Toyota Prius cars to the Interior Ministry for use by the new patrol police service in Kiev and Odessa.

"We are now at the final stage of transferring 348 Toyota Prius cars by the Japanese government under the Green Investment Scheme to Ukraine to replace [old] UAZ and VAZ cars," Interior Minister Arsen Avakov said during a ceremony to mark the transfer in Kiev.

The transfer of the cars is part of the reform of the whole system of the Ukrainian Interior Ministry, he said.