The 17 state defense enterprises transferred to the State Property Fund 10 days ago are “the remnants of property that has been torn apart, plundered,

” said Yuriy Husev, Director General of Ukroboronprom, the defense production conglomerate, in an online forum last week. With names like the Ivano-Frankivsk Boiler and Welding Plant, the Transcarpathian Helicopter Production Association and the Lviv Research Radio Engineering Institute, these defunct Soviet-era companies might end up being sold for their real estate. By shedding these companies, Ukroboronprom now controls 97 companies.