Ukraine lost up to 50% of equipment as a result of active fighting in the war with Russia. This was stated in an interview with National Defense by Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine for Procurement Denis Sharapov and Logistics Commander of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Volodymyr Karpenko.

Sharapov said that for the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine it is necessary to attract the military-industrial complex from around the world. In order for Ukraine to have an advantage over the Russians, the Armed Forces of Ukraine need high-precision weapons systems.

" Therefore, 40 brigades are needed to cover an active military conflict," At the same time, each brigade consists of 100 infantry fighting vehicles, 30 tanks, 54 artillery systems, and we need 40 of these.

He also reported on the losses of the Armed Forces in technology: " I'm only talking about heavy weapons. Today we have about 30-40%, and sometimes up to 50% of equipment losses due to active battles. Thus, we lost about 50%.

About 1,300 infantry fighting vehicles, 400 tanks, 700 artillery systems have been lost,"

" We need artillery, we need artillery ammunition, infantry fighting vehicles, combat vehicles and tanks. We need air defense systems and a rocket launcher system,"

As previously reported, the latest weapons will help Ukraine return the territories occupied by Russia, including Crimea and Donbass, Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov said in an interview with CNN in Brussels.