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Associated Press: Russia says Ukraine’s ban on military exports not a big problem

By Associated Press.
A worker walks past a Russian tank painted in the desert camouflage at the permanent exhibition of military equipment and vehicles at Patriot Park in Kubinka, outside Moscow, on September 8, 2016.
Photo by AFP

MOSCOW – A senior Russian military official says domestic industries have learned to produce engines and other parts previously imported from Ukraine.

Deputy Defense Minister Yuri Borisov said in a Dec. 27 interview with online Gazeta.ru that the lack of supplies from Ukraine hasn’t had a significant impact on Russia’s military capability. Borisov says Russia acted quickly to develop the industrial capacity to supply its own military hardware.

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