In a housecleaning exercise, the Cabinet of Ministers decided Wednesday to transfer 18 enterprises of the UkrOboronProm defense conglomerate to the State Property Fund for privatisation

In a housecleaning exercise, the Cabinet of Ministers decided Wednesday to transfer 18 enterprises of the UkrOboronProm defense conglomerate to the State Property Fund for privatisation. With a total value listed at $10 million, the companies are expected to be sold largely for their scrap metal and real estate. Of the 18 companies, 11 no longer function. Five lost a total of $530 million during the first half of this year. A legacy of the Soviet military industrial complex of the 1980s, the list includes such entities as the Vinnytsia Aviation Plant, the Zakarpattia Helicopter Production Association, and the Lviv Radio Engineering Research Institute.