MOSCOW, March 27 - A large amount of obsolete excess weapons will be destroyed in Ukraine with NATO's assistance in the coming 12 years, NATO's Information Office in Moscow has reported.

"A project intended for the coming 12 years, with an estimated cost of 25 million euro - the largest separate initiative of its kind - will help Ukraine to safely destroy 133,000 tons of obsolete and excessive weapons, 1.5 million firearms and 1,000 shoulder-held missile launchers," the NATO Information Office said in a press release ahead of the Alliance's Bucharest summit.