Ukraine president bans defense industry contacts with Russia

09:58, 17.06.2014 1 min read

Ukraine's First Deputy Prime Minister Vitaliy Yarema has announced that Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko imposed a ban on military-technological cooperation with Russia at a meeting of the country's National Security and Defense Council (NSDC).

"At today's session of NSDC, the president of Ukraine categorically prohibited cooperation with Russia in military issues. Starting from today, we have effectively halted any cooperation with the Russian Federation in the defense industry," Yarema told Ukraine's ICTV television channel on Monday evening.