Poroshenko handed over five new excavators to the military for the construction of fortifications and container repair complexes
Petro Poroshenko handed over five new excavators to the Armed Forces of Ukraine for the construction of fortifications. In total, since the beginning of the invasion, the leader of Eurosolidarity has handed over 94 excavators to the front.
"You may be surprised, but this is more than the entire Armed Forces of Ukraine have received from the state. And that is not normal. It should not be this way. Anyone who wants to question how important an excavator is on the front line today should take a sapper shovel and try to dig something at minus fifteen degrees. The old equipment is gone. Used machines often work for a few hours and then stop. That is why we only bought new ones, made in Ukraine, specially manufactured for the Armed Forces of Ukraine. These excavators are not digging cottage towns along bypass roads. They work on the front line — in artillery brigades, support forces, mechanised and airborne units," the European Solidarity website quotes Poroshenko as saying.
He said that this time, the new construction equipment will strengthen the 71st Separate Jäger Brigade, the 4th Separate Heavy Mechanised Brigade, the 49th Separate Demolition Brigade, the 159th Separate Mechanised Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and the Operational Combat Support Centre of the Ukrainian Navy.
A separate area of work for the Poroshenko Foundation is to ensure the repair of equipment directly in the combat zone.
"Previously, more than a hundred mobile repair workshops were transferred. When these opportunities were exhausted, the formation of container repair workshops began — more equipped, efficient and autonomous. Today, five container repair workshops were handed over. In total, there are already twenty-eight such complexes. This is the equipment that every logistics chief, every repair company and every battalion on the front line dreams of," Poroshenko stated.
The container workshops were received by the 43rd Separate Artillery Brigade, the Separate Special Operations Forces Centre, the 148th Separate Artillery Brigade of the Airborne Forces, the 1st Separate Heavy Mechanised Brigade and the 59th Separate Assault Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The cost of this batch of equipment exceeds UAH 29 million. ‘All this aid was collected at the expense of the Poroshenko Foundation. Equipment is needed on the front line not after the holidays and not later. It is needed today. Therefore, this work has been ongoing, continues and will continue without interruption,’ the politician emphasised.