Borispol, Ukraine. 25th Mar, 2015. US and Ukrainian military near the plane that brought armored cars. -- President Petro Poroshenko met military aircraft of the Air Force with the first batch of US armored vehicles at the international airport "Borispol". Cars HMMWV received under the US decision to transfer Ukraine defense efforts. Total 10 vehicles come with heavy armor, 8 of which after equipping weapons Ukrainian production units will be used in highly mobile airborne troops, 2 - special units of the Security Service of Ukraine. Credit: Igor Golovnov/Alamy Live News


US and Ukrainian military near the plane that brought armored cars. -- President Petro Poroshenko met military aircraft of the Air Force with the first batch of US armored vehicles at the international airport "Borispol". Cars HMMWV received under the US decision to transfer Ukraine defense efforts. Total 10 vehicles come with heavy armor, 8 of which after equipping weapons Ukrainian production units will be used in highly mobile airborne troops, 2 - special units of the Security Service of Ukraine. The President gave the commanders of units certificates for these cars. Overall, the US plans to put 230 cars HMMWV, 30 of them - with heavy armor. It is expected that the two parties on 10 cars with heavy armor will arrive in Ukraine until April, and the remaining 200 cars - for 45 days.


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