UKRAINE TRIES AGAIN WITH NEW MILITARY TRANSPORT.
Ukrainian president Leonid Kuchma attended the December 24 roll-out of the second prototype of the An-70 turbo-prop military transport, declaring that the occasion proved that... MORE
SHEVARDNADZE APOLOGIZES TO UKRAINE FOR RUSSIAN "PIRACY," BUT PROBLEMS WITH RUSSIAN BORDER TROOPS MULTIPLY.
Georgian president Eduard Shevardnadze told the country during a radio broadcast that the Russian border troops' recent seizure of the Ukrainian ship Almaz and its... MORE
RUSSIA AVOIDS RECOGNITION OF UKRAINE’S BORDERS.
In the midst of a visit to South Korea, Ukrainian president Leonid Kuchma said yesterday that a possible Russian-Ukrainian conflict over Sevastopol "would be a... MORE
UKRAINE DOESN’T RULE OUT APPLYING TO JOIN NATO.
Ukrainian deputy foreign minister Anton Buteyko stated at a Kiev briefing yesterday that Ukraine no longer rules out the possibility of a future application for... MORE
UKRAINE MIXES CONCILIATION AND FIRMNESS IN SIGNALS TO RUSSIA.
In a weekend broadcast to the nation, Ukrainian president Leonid Kuchma stated that good-neighborly relations with Russia are fundamental to Ukraine's foreign policy. Kuchma once... MORE
UKRAINE TO INVESTIGATE ALLEGATION ON LIBYA ARMS DEAL.
The Ukrainian parliament yesterday resolved to create a special commission to investigate a U.S. newspaper's allegation of Ukrainian arms dealings with Libya. (See Monitor, December... MORE
UKRAINE DENIES ARMS DEALS WITH LIBYA.
Ukrainian deputy foreign minister Kostyantin Hryshchenko yesterday dismissed as "rubbish" a story carried by the Washington Times that cited CIA sources as alleging that Ukraine... MORE
UKRAINE PREPARES RESPONSE TO RUSSIAN CLAIM TO SEVASTOPOL.
Top Ukrainian government officials stated in unison over the weekend that Kiev will react calmly but resolutely to Moscow's claim to Sevastopol (see Monitor, December... MORE
AGREEMENT REACHED ON GAS SUPPLIES TO UKRAINE.
According to an agreement signed on December 4, Russia's Gazprom will deliver to Ukraine 53 billion cubic meters of gas next year at a price... MORE
RUSSIA, UKRAINE AGREE ON PAYMENT FOR STRATEGIC BOMBERS.
Russia has reportedly agreed to credit Ukraine between $320 and $350 million to obtain 25 of the 44 ex-Soviet strategic bombers that Ukraine inherited when... MORE