KYIV, March 19 – The state-owned defense group Ukroboronprom is working to restore the production of lung ventilators at its Burevisnyk plant in Kyiv, Deputy Director of Ukroboronprom for Transformation Roman Bondar said.

The ventilators are a critical equipment used in coronavirus treatment on patients that experience difficulty breathing. The lack of this equipment may increase the death rate among the patients.