Yanukovych calling for joint use of defense industry facilities by Ukraine, Russia

Leader of the Regions Party Viktor Yanukovych has called for the joint use of military and industrial facilities by Ukraine and Russia.
"We [the Regions Party] believe that cooperation with the military and industrial complex of Russia should be among our strategic aims," he said at a meeting with the workers of Zhytomyr repair and engineering plant on Tuesday.
Yanukovych noted that Ukraine and Russia had been strategic partners in the production of all kinds of armaments.
While speaking about the current state of Ukraine's defense industry, he said that the sector needed to be modernized, which is impossible without cooperation with Russia.