In separate statements yesterday in Washington and Minsk, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Boris Tarasyuk and First Deputy Foreign Minister Anton Buteyko offered a highly restrictive definition... MORE

The management of Ukraine's Mikolayiv Alumina Plant has come out publicly against a proposed takeover by Russian business interests linked to CIS Executive Secretary Boris... MORE

Russia's Defense Ministry announced yesterday that President Boris Yeltsin has appointed Vice-Admiral Vladimir Komoyedov as commander of Russia's Black Sea Fleet, based in Ukraine. Born... MORE

In two recent appointments, Ukraine apparently seeks to ensure union support for the planned reform of the coal sector and to share responsibility for the... MORE

Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma announced yesterday that his Russian counterpart, Boris Yeltsin, has postponed his planned visit to Ukraine. The two presidents were to have... MORE

Ukraine is about to test in Pakistan the new MTB-2000 tank, whose prototype has been produced under a trilateral Ukraine-China-Pakistan project. The tank is designed... MORE

President Leonid Kuchma yesterday decreed a temporary suspension of the mandatory draft into Ukraine's armed forces, National Guard and troops of the Security Service. Initial... MORE

Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma discussed with Estonian Foreign Minister Toomas Ilves in Kyiv the proposal to create a transit corridor that would unite the Caspian,... MORE

The NATO-Ukraine Commission met on June 12 at the level of defense ministers. The meeting, the first at this level, marked one year since the... MORE

The prototype of the AN-140plane was demonstrated in flight yesterday at the Kharkiv aviation plant.Representatives of airlines from Russia and several CIS countries attendedthis first... MORE