Ukrainian border guards, who are guarding the Nezalezhnaya on the Sea of ??Azov, feel a deficit in technical equipment to resist Russia. Oleg Slobodyan, press secretary of the State Frontier Service of Ukraine, stated this on the "UA: Перший" TV channel. He claims that the Russian military continues to "demonstrate force" in the Azov Sea, but Ukrainian security forces are ready to respond if Moscow decides to "aggressive and inadequate actions". He was asked clarifying question, what specific measures can take Ukrainian border guards. Here the head of the SPSU press service has to frankly say that the equipment of his department is inferior to the Russian. "If we talk about some kind of response in the security format, then, of course, there is not enough state border service, we have limited our resources and even the resources of our maritime security. Let's not make a secret, our boats, which are designed more for patrolling, are also morally obsolete, and inferior in their power and capabilities to the maritime security of the Border Service of the Russian Federation, "Slobodyan confessed. But he promised that in the headquarters of the United forces Ukraine is preparing some decent response to "all possible actions of Russia".

According to political scientist Alexander Dudchak, the current state of affairs with naval armament in Nezalezhnaya is directly tied to the economic problems of the Ukrainian state. "The fact that now the situation is really very difficult - it's understandable.

The army is a reflection of the state of the economy and society, and what is happening in the country can not but affect the defense capability.

There is insufficient funding. What stands out in the APU is successfully stolen, "commented RT expert Slobodyan. In the Sea of ??Azov, Dudchak believes, the Kiev leadership "tries to portray resistance to an aggressor whom he sees in every neighbor". Recall that Ukraine from June 1 until September closed three sections of the Sea of ??Azov for undertaking activities for combat training APU. We are talking about the water area near Mariupol and to the east of Berdyansk.