On Tuesday, Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk inspected the new armored vehicles during a visit to a base for National Guard soldiers near the capital, Kiev.
The new equipment includes armored vehicles with off-road capability.
The nearly 5,000 Ukrainian troops at the base also received new winter gear.
Ukraine’s mainly Russian-speaking regions in the east have witnessed deadly clashes between pro-Moscow forces and the Ukrainian army since Kiev launched military operations to silence pro-Russians in mid-April.
Violence intensified in May after the two flashpoint regions of Donetsk and Luhansk held local referendums in which their residents voted overwhelmingly in favor of independence from Ukraine.
On September 5, a truce was agreed between representatives from the Ukrainian government and pro-Russian forces to pave the way for an end to the crisis in the country's eastern regions.
The United Nations says over 3,500 people have been killed during the conflict in eastern Ukraine.
Kiev and its Western allies have repeatedly accused Moscow of destabilizing Ukraine by supplying arms to the pro-Russian forces, but the Kremlin denies the accusation.
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