Military- technical cooperation between Ukraine and Russia cut back

The contractual legal framework of Ukrainian - Russian relations recently contained 377 international documents that regulated a wide range of issues of bilateral interstate cooperation, including trade - economic, scientific - technical, humanitarian, law enforcement and other areas. However, the content of many of these documents due to the annexation of the Crimea by the Russian Federation and the part of the territory of Eastern Ukraine doesn’t meet the national interests of our country. Denunciation of a number of agreements on military-technical cooperation (MTC) with Russia became the first practical step that witnessed the transition from applications for suspension of cooperation relations with the Russian Federation to the actual adoption of appropriate legal acts.

Volodymyr SHEMAIEV