Ukrainian military receive armored Land Rovers for evacuation, fuel tankers and trucks. VIDEO&PHOTOS
This was reported by Censor.NET with reference to the EU press service.
"I would like to thank the new UK Defence Secretary, the Minister of Defence Procurement and our volunteers here in the UK. We are looking for and finding armored evacuation vehicles for our battalions. We have found a number of Land Rover vehicles. We will get them into shape, our volunteers will carry out a technical inspection and if everything goes well, these 8 armored Land Rovers of 2005-2008 will be purchased, registered and sent to Ukraine," Poroshenko said.
"There is also something that our artillery units and airborne units have been asking for - we have found a couple of fuel trucks based on our traditional DAFs. They have already been put in order. We are taking them to Ukraine," Poroshenko said.
"We also bought an additional 40 DAFs. We are now starting to repair the fuel system, pneumatics and engine pre-maintenance," Poroshenko said.
The cost of this batch of equipment is 450 thousand pounds, it was purchased at the expense of the Poroshenko Foundation and volunteers of the "Community Affairs".
"These 40 machines, after registration, start moving towards Ukraine. This is a daily but very important job. The total number that has already been contracted and paid for exceeds 200 vehicles," Poroshenko explained.
"We will check the Land Rovers to make sure they are in good condition. And after the positive experience of operating these vehicles, we will deal with the rest. Seeing that the issue of armored vehicles to evacuate our soldiers from the front is becoming extremely relevant now," Poroshenko emphasized.