KHARKIV, May 25 – The state-owned Malyshev Machine-Building Plant (Kharkiv) is preparing to ship one more batch of its main battle tank Oplot to Thailand, Chief Engineer of the plant Oleksandr Sheiko said.

"Next week we will ship the next batch," he told journalists on Thursday.

Sheiko declined to say how many tanks would be in the batch, noting only that the plant had fulfilled "three quarters of the contract."