RUSSIA AND UKRAINE CANNOT AGREE ON PRICE FOR BOMBERS.
The latest round of talks between Russia and Ukraine on the transfer of the 40 Soviet strategic bombers inherited by Ukraine ended yesterday in Moscow... MORE
RUSSIA AND UKRAINE TO RESUME TALKS ON STRATEGIC BOMBERS.
The chiefs of the Russian and Ukrainian Air Forces are meeting today in Moscow to try to agree on the terms by which Ukraine will... MORE
UKRAINE TO DO WITHOUT RUSSIAN HELP IN BUILDING TANKS FOR PAKISTAN.
Ukrainian defense minister Col. Gen. Oleksandr Kuzmuk said yesterday that Ukraine would fulfill its commitment to supply 320 T-80UD tanks to Pakistan by itself attempting... MORE
UKRAINE STEPS RESOLUTELY TOWARD NATO.
At NATO headquarters in Brussels yesterday, Ukrainian foreign minister Henady Udovenko and Defense and Security Council head Volodymyr Horbulin opened negotiations on a special partnership... MORE
UKRAINE ADOPTS A WIDE-RANGING MILITARY REFORM PROGRAM
Ukraine adopts a wide-ranging military reform program By Serhii Markiv After five years of failed experiments and false starts, Ukraine has finalized a "State Program... MORE
KUSHNAREV REAFFIRMS NATO OPTION FOR UKRAINE.
In Kiev yesterday, presidential administration head Yevgeny Kushnarev reinforced President Leonid Kuchma's signal that Ukraine may seek NATO protection from Russia. (See Monitor, March 17)... MORE
UKRAINE WINS AN ARMS CONTRACT AT GULF EXHIBIT.
Ukraine has apparently beaten Russia to the punch in landing an arms sale at the International Defense Exhibition currently underway in Abu Dhabi. Russia is... MORE
UKRAINE FEELS "PUSHED TOWARD NATO" BY MOSCOW.
Ukrainian president Leonid Kuchma told the country in a televised interview yesterday that Russian "pressures" on Ukraine are "pushing the country toward NATO." While reaffirming... MORE
GEORGIAN FLEET SLOWLY TAKING SHAPE IN COOPERATION WITH UKRAINE.
The March 12-13 incidents in the Black Sea, in which Russian warships attacked Turkish fishing vessels in Georgian waters and a Ukrainian warship acted similarly... MORE
HAS ECONOMIC RECOVERY BEGUN IN RUSSIA AND UKRAINE?
Evidence continues to accumulate indicating that declines in gross domestic product of the two largest CIS economies are coming to an end. Contrary to earlier... MORE