This was reported by Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Artur Artemenko.

According to him, since the beginning of 2017 with the APU have concluded more than 26 thousand. contracts, among which 1,800. officers. Thus, to date the Armed Forces are at the maximum number limit.

"The military will be correlated with the number of those who are dismissed from it," he said..

In addition, the priority of the APU is the provision of personnel for the military units of artillery depots.

Recall, as reported by the wound "URA-Inform", in the Democratic Republic of the Congo during the fall of a military aircraft killed three Ukrainians. This was even confirmed in the Armed Forces of Ukraine.