The Defense Ministry of Ukraine has saved over UAH 60 million in the past week thanks to the electronic procurement system, head of the communications and press department of the Defense Ministry of Ukraine Oksana Havryliuk has said.

"This week 76 military logistics support tenders were held in the Prozorro electronic state procurement system worth some UAH 353 million," she said at a briefing in Kyiv on Friday.

Havryliuk said that thanks to the system the ministry managed to save UAH 61.7 million, or 17% of the expected cost of products.

The ministry signed agreements worth UAH 26 million after holding the tenders. Trading continues for 192 lots worth UAH 715 million.

She said that since early 2015, a total of 49 supplement agreements and 362 agreements worth over UAH 2 billion have been signed, and the Armed Forces of Ukraine has received 182,000 summer uniforms, 91,000 pairs of army boots, 48,000 bullet-proof vests, 74,000 helmets, 44,500 uniforms for various types of branches of the armed forces, 91,500 water-proof clothing, 91,200 sleeping bags and over 1,000 tents.