Ukraine is launching a program of armed and technical modernization of the army, the president of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko said.

"Now we are launching a program of military and technical modernization of the army. We must bring our weapons to the level of the 21st century," the president said at the opening of the arms exhibition in the Kyiv's downtown on Wednesday.

"Before scientists, instructors, heads of defense enterprises, there are important tasks in developing and setting up the production of new missile weapons, cruise missile systems, modern artillery systems, precision munitions, unmanned aerial vehicles, electronic warfare complexes, counter battery radars, space reconnaissance, etc.," Poroshenko said.