OREANDA-NEWS. June 04, 2013. Ukrainian Minster of Defense Pavel Lebedev visited PJSC ”AutoKrAZ” on May 24 during his working trip. The Minister was accompanied by the Head of the Main Operations Directorate, Deputy Chief of the General Staff of Ukraine Brigadier General Aleksandr Shutov, the Head of Central Automotive Department of Armament of Ukrainian Armed Forces Brigadier General Aleksandr Sergiy, the Commander of the 6th Army Corps Brigadier General Ruslan Khromchak. The visit of the General Staff representatives was aimed at strengthening of cooperation.

During their visit, the guests could see state-of-the-art KrAZ models for use in the Armed Forces. While the Minister of Defence was being shown the whole lineup of KrAZ military vehicles, the Brigadier General A.Sergiy paid special attention to the KrAZ-632 and KrAZ-5233 trucks that had successfully passed government testing and entered into service with the Armed Forces of Ukraine. When speaking about the service of all-terrain trucks with the Ukrainian army he emphasized on efficient and faultless operation of earlier purchased KrAZ trucks.

The capabilities of these 6x6 and 6x4 trucks were demonstrated on the company’s proving ground. The trucks have easily negotiated obstacles and received positive response and high praise of the Ukrainian General Staff representatives. The Ukrainian Minister of Defence said that due to the Military Reform underway to protect the sovereignty and independence of Ukraine the army re-equipment, as well as improvement of professionalism of soldiers and officers play key role.

We need a base vehicle capable to carry out assigned tasks in all priority areas such as new aircrafts, new ships, new radar systems, new artillery mounts and missile launchers. Ukraine has an excellent possibility to provide the army with high quality military KrAZ truck. He also confirmed that the police of the nation’s leadership and Ukrainian Armed Forces has not changed: domestic producer and domestic product are still a priority.