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ODESA - Ukraine is planning to modernize its warships, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has said.

He said at a press briefing on Thursday that the issue concerned, first of all, the equipment of ships with new high-precision weapons and new means of electronic warfare.

Poroshenko noted that funds had already been included for this purpose in the state defense order for 2015.

He also stressed the importance of returning warships from Crimea to the Ukrainian Navy.

“I am confident that we should raise this question very toughly… These ships must be returned,” Poroshenko said.