Two thousand apartments to be built for the military this year

In 2012 two thousand apartments will be built for the military, director of finance department of Defense Ministry of Ukraine General Lieutenant Ivan Marko told a briefing, ForUm correspondent reports.

"Expenses for housing construction for the military have been increased. The government has provided 500 million hryvnias, which will allow building more than two thousand apartments," he said.

According to the General Lieutenant, the government has also increased financing of medical assistance for the military and has increased twofold the financing of ammunition utilization. "For today we have a big number of ammunition, which term of storage has been expired. The government has allocated certain resource to get rid of dangerous armament," he said.