KIEV, Dec. 23 – The planned state financing of a program on the creation and completion of tests of the An-70 military cargo plane in 2010 is estimated at around UAH 190 million, the Defense Ministry reported.

"UAH 67 million will be sent to the Antonov Design Bureau for completion of An-70 tests in 2010, and UAH 120 million – to the building of the first two commercial An-70 aircraft at Kiev Aviant Plant," the director of the department for designing and purchasing armaments and defense technologies at the Defense Ministry, Volodymyr Hrek, told Interfax on Tuesday.