KYIV, Aug 20 – Ukraine's state-owned Ukroboronprom Concern has begun shipments of serially produced 152mm artillery rounds to Ukraine's Armed Forces, plans to provide up to 360,000 rounds annually.

Ukroboronprom's press service said on Monday the concern's state joint-stock holding company Artem along with military specialists have finished the testing of the new 152mm ammunition for the "Hyacinth" system at the 30-kilometer range and is starting serial production of the ammunition. Supply of the new ammunition should begin in the near future, the press service said.