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Related: About this forumPoroshenko: we hit unemployment with tanks, APCs
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko again stressed that Ukrainian defense industry has picked up steam and new jobs have been created.
"Ukrainian defense industry that switches to three-shift operation is quickly boosting Ukraine's military power," the head of state said in the training center of the National Guard of Ukraine in Novi Petrivtsi (Kyiv region) on Saturday.
He said that "we hit unemployment with tanks and APCs."
Poroshenko said that thousands of new jobs that have been created at defense enterprises is a contribution in restoration, including in Ukraine's industrial potential.
http://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/258842.html
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Poroshenko: we hit unemployment with tanks, APCs (Original Post)
jakeXT
Apr 2015
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Before the breakup of the Soviet Union, Ukraine was a major weapons' manufacturer. n/t
ColesCountyDem
Apr 2015
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ColesCountyDem
(6,944 posts)1. Before the breakup of the Soviet Union, Ukraine was a major weapons' manufacturer. n/t
DeSwiss
(27,137 posts)2. Ukranian Killing Machines: ''A growth industry.''
- Now you can see why the US likes this guy so much......

blackspade
(10,056 posts)3. Lovely....
Just what Ukraine needs, more death machines....