14:49 24.11.2017

Govt approves updated Corvette program until 2028 with total cost of UAH 31.93 bln

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Govt approves updated Corvette program until 2028 with total cost of UAH 31.93 bln

The Ukrainian government has approved an updated government targeted defense program "Corvette" for 2011-2028 on the creation of multi-purpose combat ships of the corvette class in the interests of the Ukrainian Navy, the implementation of which was actually stopped in the conditions of the new military-political situation in the country in 2014.

According to sources of Interfax-Ukraine in the government, according to the draft government resolution drawn up by the Defense Ministry and approved at the government meeting on Wednesday, the tasks, activities, terms of implementation, as well as the volumes and sources of financing of the government program were specified.

In accordance with the new version of the document, the main goal of the program is to build ships of the corvette class to ensure the ability of repelling aggression by the navy and curbing threats to national security and protecting the interests of the state.

According to the new version of the government program, the problem is the need to overcome transnational threats in the Black Sea-Azov region caused by the annexation of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea by the Russian Federation and the loss of Ukraine's naval potential.

According to the updated document, the program is designed to ensure the provision of the navy with modern ships capable of restraining armed aggression at sea, as well as to conduct military operations in the far and near sea zones in order to protect the state border, in particular, in accordance with Ukraine's international obligations.

The deadline for the implementation of the defense program has been shifted from 2021 to 2028. The total volume of public financing was increased by UAH 15.72 billion (by 97%), to UAH 31.93 billion from UAH 16.22 billion. The delivery of the head ship to the customer, planned earlier for 2016, is scheduled for 2022. Until 2028, it is planned to build four corvettes.

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