Russian DeputyPrime Minister Sergei Shakhrai told Tavricheskie Vedomosti,as cited by Interfax August 7, that the Black Sea Fleet can onlybe preserved if it belongs entirely... MORE

Ukrainian border guardsconfiscated almost 10,000 firearms and two million pieces of ammunitionfrom smugglers bringing them from "hot spots" like theCaucasus, Vseukrainskiye vedomosti reported July 12.... MORE

Ukraina molodaya recently published whatit said was a Russian Foreign Intelligence Service plan to "strangleUkraine" by manipulating gas supplies to Kiev, Kommersant-Dailyreported July 28. The... MORE

Ukrainianpresident Leonid Kuchma told Kiev media July 26 that Ukraine wantsan increase in the size of the UNPROFOR contingent in Bosnia andwould not object to... MORE

Moscow'sRabochaya tribuna said July 19 that Kiev plans to rentseveral military test ranges in the western sections of Ukraineto the UN peacekeeping training, and to... MORE

During a visit to Minsk, Ukrainian president Leonid Kuchmasaid Kiev was prepared to join the Russian-Belarusian customsunion but that such a step might take some... MORE

Ukrainian representativeswill take part in the London talks on Bosnia July 21, Kiev officialstold Interfax-Ukraine July 17. This marks a major victory forUkraine which has... MORE

With73 of its own peacekeepers under attack by the Bosnian Serbs,Ukraine's foreign minister has asked for a meeting of the UN SecurityCouncil to consider what... MORE

Israeli foreign minister Shimon Peres told his visiting Ukrainiancounterpart Gennady Udovenko that Ukraine is a "special"country for Israel because more than 300,000 Israelis came fromthere,... MORE

The UkrainianNational Bank has identified 77 of the country's 200 banks asbeing in difficulty and needing rehabilitation, Interfax-Ukrainereported July 11. Five of the banks have... MORE