TSAMTO, August 25. US Deputy Secretary of Defense for Political Affairs Colin Kahl said that the Ukrainian army will gradually switch to NATO standards, RIA Novosti reports.
"It is possible that in years they will still use the systems and ammunition that they produce themselves. However, according to my expectations, Ukraine will gradually fully adopt the standards of the Alliance," UNN quoted K.Kal as saying.
According to his statement, it will take at least three years to fully integrate into the NATO weapons system. The deputy head of the Pentagon noted that, ideally, the future of the Ukrainian army will be based not on dozens of different systems, but on a much smaller number of them, which are easier to maintain and maintain.
At the same time K.Kahl added that more than 50 countries have provided military assistance to Ukraine in recent months.
As the agency reminds, the Minister of Defense of Ukraine Alexey Reznikov announced on July 12 that Ukraine had become an associate member of the Interoperability Program (MIP), which implements technological cooperation of the armies of NATO member states. So now Ukraine, as an associate member, has the right to jointly develop and amend key NATO standards concerning the interaction of combat control systems and related standards.
