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Poroshenko: the Ukrainian army is the strongest on the continent

The President of Ukraine called the army of the country the strongest on the continent.

Speaking last Thursday in his annual address in parliament, Ukrainian President Pyotr Poroshenko said that today the fighting capacity of the Ukrainian army has been restored, thanks to which, it is the strongest and most effective on the continent, and not only in Europe.

Against this background, Poroshenko's statement was ridiculed in the Verkhovna Rada, in particular, MP Vadim Rabinovich noted that, given the Ukrainian president's words, not Ukraine should strive for NATO and NATO for Ukraine.

"Indeed, the armed forces have become the strongest on the continent - I heard this from Petro Poroshenko and from many of our commanders-in-chief. I had a question. Tell me, please, if we have the strongest army on the continent, why should we join NATO? Let NATO join us. We are the strongest ", - noted Rabinovich.

Experts draw attention to the fact that there is no talk of any restoration of the defense capability of Ukraine, as evidenced by the very deplorable situation in the air force of this country, the moral obsolescence of air defense systems, etc.

It should be clarified that as of the spring of 2018, the number of the Ukrainian army was about 255 thousand troops, while the number of the French armed forces is 259 thousand, the number of the armed forces of the FRG is 325 thousand people, the number of the Turkish army is 515 thousand military personnel. For example, the size of the Russian army reaches 2 million, which is almost 8 times more than the Ukrainian army and is comparable to NATO forces (excluding the United States).

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