YALTA. May 5 (Interfax-AVN) - President Vladimir Putin has spoken for closer military-technical cooperation between Russia and Ukraine.
"The defense industries of Ukraine and Russia are so closely connected that the development of one of them without the other is possible only at a high cost," he said, responding to questions from reporters in Yalta on Sunday.
In this context Putin favored greater cooperation in the defense industry. "We need close cooperation to advance our defense capabilities, create jobs and improve technologies in the defense sector," he said.