The commander of the Naval Forces of Ukraine Vice-Admiral Igor Voronchenko made a statement about the situation with the financing of the Navy renovation. According Voronchenko, there is a catastrophic shortage of funds to the fleet renewal.
According to the commander of the Ukrainian Navy, not allocated the necessary amounts of money for the construction of the ship project 58250 "Volodymyr the Great". leading ship (corvette) the project was built around 7 years ago, and the timing of its launching repeatedly shifted. Now declared, that launched the "Volodymyr the Great" not earlier 2022 of the year.
Commander of the Ukrainian Navy demanded the government to immediate release 1,3 billion on it, that the ship was completed in a short time.
Voronchenko:
If we do not invest adequate financial resources, Let's go the point of no return.
Ukrainian Vice Admiral said, if funding is not, Ukraine will lose further 9 thousand (steam) hands, virtually stop 200 of enterprises. Besides, According Voronchenko, Western partners not to be satisfied, "Expected Funding".
As previously reported, the degree of readiness of the ship does not exceed 50%. At the same time its readiness to withdraw from the project, said the firm from Denmark, Germany, USA, Netherlands, Italy and other countries, supply parts and weapons for the new Ukrainian corvette. The reason - there is no funding from the Ukraine.
For reference: corvette "Volodymyr the Great" in the long term should be Missiles 8 × RCC EXOCET MM40 Block3, 16×ASTER 15 TOGETHER, torpedo – 6 MU90 torpedoes, artillery – 3″/62 Super Rapid and antiaircraft – 2 × 35 AU mm Oerlikon Millennium. Crew – 108 human. Cruising range – 4 thousand. nautical miles. On board there vertolotomesto.
