KIEV, June 24 – Secretary of the National Defense and Security Council (NSDC) Oleksandr Turchynov has noted the necessity of ensuring national defense requirements for modern types of armaments and military equipment, as well as the allocation of money for military hardware from the defense budget.

According to the NSDC press service, at an inter-agency meeting on state target program for the development of armaments and military equipment by 2020, Turchynov said that the battle experience gained in the “Anti-terrorist Operation“ had shown a number of drawbacks affecting Ukrainian military hardware.