Ukraine Wins $118 Million Thai Arms Contract
August 16, 2007
Ukrainian Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych (file photo) (ITAR-TASS)
Yanukovych said today that Ukraine outbid eight countries that had also taken part in the competition to supply the Thai armed forces, including Canada, China, and Russia.
He did not say when the vehicles will be shipped.
After the 1991 Soviet breakup, Ukraine inherited a sizable weapons industry and remains a major producer of arms, such as missiles, aircraft and tanks.
(AFP)