{"id":56734,"date":"2018-02-13T21:00:51","date_gmt":"2018-02-13T21:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2018\/02\/13\/head-of-ukrainian-defense-firm-ukroboronprom-steps-down\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T00:11:53","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T00:11:53","slug":"head-of-ukrainian-defense-firm-ukroboronprom-steps-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/industry\/2018\/02\/13\/head-of-ukrainian-defense-firm-ukroboronprom-steps-down\/","title":{"rendered":"Head of Ukrainian defense firm Ukroboronprom steps down"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2015 The head of Ukrainian state-run defense firm Ukroboronprom has <a href=\"http:\/\/ukroboronprom.com.ua\/en\/homepage_slider_news\/zayava-generalnogo-dyrektora-dk-ukroboronprom-romana-romanova.html\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">announced his resignation<\/a>. Roman Romanov served as the director general of the company for the last three and a half years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In his resignation letter dated Feb. 12, 2018, Romanov thanked the Ukroboronprom\u2019s 80,000 employees, crediting them with helping transform the defense conglomerate \u201cinto an effective mechanism, which \u2015 in parlous times \u2015 supplied our defenders with armament that helped them to defend our country.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Romanov praised industry for its technological progress, \u201cfrom armored vehicles to UAVs, designed in accordance with the NATO standards, instead of repairing Soviet military equipment.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-smg-jwplayer-video\"><atype-video-jwplayer nostick=\"true\" playlisturl=\"https:\/\/cdn.jwplayer.com\/v2\/playlists\/fCzRqMW8?tags=d6291736-c59b-47b8-b770-de6997eb5b44\" aspectratio=\"16 \/ 9\" mute autostart=\"false\"><\/atype-video-jwplayer><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Ukroboronprom head Roman Romanov explains how the Ukraine-Russia conflict forced his country to rethink and redefine its defense strategy.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Reliance on Russian-made components for many of Ukraine\u2019s main types of military equipment exacerbated the domestic industry\u2019s inability to provide the Ukrainian Army with weapons to fight Russian forces in the Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts of Ukraine, collectively known as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/smr\/european-balance-of-power\/2017\/08\/02\/us-arming-ukraine-a-look-at-how-moscow-might-respond\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">Donbass.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/outlook\/2017\/12\/11\/ukroboronprom-head-ukraines-military-industrial-complex-during-hybrid-warfare\/\">essay on Defense News<\/a>, Romanov said \u201cthe entire defense industry of 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