KHARKIV, Dec. 3 - Malyshev Plant (Kharkiv) is ready to ship a new batch of Ukrainian Oplot tanks to Thailand in December if the Defense Ministry of Ukraine agrees to the shipment, Chief Engineer Oleksandr Sheiko said.

"The delivery guideline is December, if the Defense Ministry agrees it," he told reporters.

Sheiko did not specify the number of tanks that could be shipped. He said that if the ministry approves the shipment, the implementation of the Thai contract could be finished in 2016.