OREANDA-NEWS. November 03, 2010. Ukraine has all the practical possibilities for helicopter building. The Prime Minister of Ukraine Mykola Azarov stated in the "Big politics with Yevgeny Kiselyov” on the "Inter" TV channel.

"We have every opportunity to produce the helicopters: we have the facilities to make engines, the bodies. Practically, we can produce a sufficient number of helicopters that will ensure the needs of medicine, fire fighters, MOE and other services" - Mykola Azarov said.

According to him, we have the largest in Europe production plant of aircraft engines, that is why Ukraine simply must use its potential for development of helicopter: " We must produce helicopters, at least because we have the largest European production plant of aircraft engines, and because Russia is building plant of the same aircraft engines.What will we do with our when they would build their own-  close it?"

The Prime Minister assured that the Government intends to carefully examine the question on equipment of large hospitals and centres that provide emergency care, with helipads and provide them with helicopters.