KIEV, Jan. 27 – A meeting of the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) of Ukraine considered and approved the key indicators of the state defense order for 2017 endorsed by President Petro Poroshenko on Friday.

"The meeting participants considered the main indicators of the state defense order for 2017 and target figures for the next two years. The NSDC instructed the Ukrainian government to approve the main indicators of the state defense order passed at the meeting, taking into account this year's budget expenditures," the NSDC press service said in a statement on Friday evening.