KYIV, Dec 21 – Ukraine's state budget for 2019 provides over UAH 102 billion to the Defense Ministry, which will make it possible to purchase the latest types of weapons, ammunition and military equipment for the Armed Forces of Ukraine, President Petro Poroshenko has said.

"More than UAH 102 billion is envisaged for the army next year, which is UAH 16 billion more than in 2018, with a stable dollar rate," Poroshenko said at an official ceremony in Zhytomyr region on Friday during which Ukraine's state-run Ukroboronprom concern handed over new equipment to Ukraine's military.