Ukrainian Defense Minister: Poroshenko's company Roshen helped to re-equip air defense systems around Kyiv
Ukraine’s Minister of Defense, Stepan Poltorak, stated in an interview with Obozrevatel news outlet that the air defense system around Kyiv was re-equipped at the expense of Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko’s company, Roshen Confectionery Corporation.
“Roshen helped to re-equip and repair Ukraine’s air defense system. Ukraine used to have three rings of air defense—then during a period when strategists anticipated there would be no threats, the weapons were sold or destroyed despite not being old. To put it in perspective, the S-300 systems are currently in the arsenal of Russia’s Air Defense Forces,” Poltorak stated.
Poltorak noted that the attention should now be focused on several areas: air defense, multiple launch rocket systems, artillery systems, advanced anti-tank weapons and electronic warfare devices.