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19 new and upgraded pieces of weaponry and armored vehicles are to be included into Ukraine’s Army inventory, said Deputy Minister and the Chief of Office of the Ministry of Defense Volodymyr Mozharovsky.

“Being provided with a reasonable funding it is planned to put 19 new pieces of weaponry into service.” - Deputy Minister said.

​As reported by the Lusaka Times, Ukrainian anesthetist Dr. Serhiy Movchan was found dead with two gunshots in chest in the city of Solwezi, Zambia.

Sergey Gorbachev, Captain of Russian Navy temporarily based in Sevastopol (Ukraine), military journalist and political analyst, said this during the round table conference in Sevastopol dedicated to the crisis of Russian movement in Crimea (Ukraine).

In 2013 Ukraine will conduct 6 international military drills. The law No. 200/2013 on “Access of Foreign Sates' Military Units on the Territory of Ukraine” was signed by the President of Ukraine, Viktor Yanukovych.

In particular, access for units of armed forces of foreign states on the territory of Ukraine in 2013 will be granted in order to take part in:

State Concern “UkrOboronProm” to represent Ukraine at IDEF-2013 (11th International Defense Industry Fair) which has opened on 7th of May 2013 in Istanbul, Turkey.

According to major-general Valentyn Pistryuha, Head of Working Group, Chief of Army Aviation of the Land Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the main particularity of this rotation of Ukrainian peacekeeping contingent will be reinforcement with four Mi-8 helicopters and increase of contingent up to 250 troops.

According to Unian.ua Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine (NSDC) Andriy Klyuyev said that Ukraine will fulfill the necessary conditions in order to sign the Association Agreement with the European Union.

On 7th of April Former Minister of Interior of Ukraine Yuriy Lutsenko was freed from Mensk Correctional Facility No 91 (city of Mena, Chernihiv region).

This decision was taken by the President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych following the request of Ukrainian Parliamentary Commissioner for Human Rights Valeriya Lutkovska to grant pardon to Yuriy Lutsneko.

Recently the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) published a report "Trends in international arms transfers 2012". According to this report Ukraine got 4th place in arms export in 2012. Only the United States, Russia and China outpaced Ukraine in this chart.

According to the SIPRI Ukraine sold arms worth of $1.334 bln, what is $310 mln more than the figure announced by the State Concern "UkrOboronProm".

As reported by Ukrainska Pravda, Kazakh opposition initiates a nationwide referendum on withdrawal from the Customs Union and the Eurasian Economic Community (EAEC). The meeting of initiative group on referendum took place last Saturday. Around 500 delegates from all regions of Kazakhstan took part in this meeting.