KIEV BLASTS US FOR FAILING TO DELIVER NUCLEAR FUEL.

Ukrainiannuclear security minister Yuri Kostenko told Interfax-UkraineJuly 13 that the United States had failed to live up to its obligationsunder the January 1994 trilateral accord on the removal of nuclearweapons from Ukrainian territory. Despite its commitments, theUS has not supplied Kiev with any nuclear fuel elements, he said.

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