Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
December 2009 - Ukraine Special Weapons News
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- Ukraine to develop its own oil, gas off Black Sea from 2010 - PM RIA Novosti 26 Dec 2009 -- Ukraine is set to start developing offshore oil and gas fields in the Black Sea from 2010, the Unian news agency quoted the ex-Soviet state’s prime minister as saying on Saturday.
- Yushchenko pledges to pay for Russian gas on schedule RIA Novosti 26 Dec 2009 -- Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko has said his country would pay for Russian gas consumed in December on schedule.
- Yanukovych intends to boost ties with Russia if elected president RIA Novosti 26 Dec 2009 -- Ukrainian opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych has said that should he win the country's upcoming presidential elections, he will seek for improving ties with Russia which has deteriorated during Viktor Yushchenko's presidency.
- Yushchenko orders investigation into conspiracy scandal RIA Novosti 26 Dec 2009 -- Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko has ordered the country's prosecutor general to investigate allegations of his conspiracy with the country's opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych ahead of Ukrainian presidential polls.
- Yushchenko, Yanukovych spokesmen deny conspiracy ahead of polls RIA Novosti 25 Dec 2009 -- Spokesmen for both Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko and opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych denied on Friday their conspiracy ahead of presidential polls.
- Yushchenko's conspiracy to become PM after polls exposed RIA Novosti 25 Dec 2009 -- A senior official at Ukraine's secretariat published on Friday a secret deal pledging current leader Viktor Yushchenko the post of premier if opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych wins presidential polls, Unian said.
- Ukraine denies links to N. Korean arms plane RIA Novosti 25 Dec 2009 -- Ukraine denied on Friday allegations that a cargo plane loaded with illegal weaponry from North Korea was charted by a Ukrainian company.
- Yushchenko says will win Ukraine election despite low rating RIA Novosti 20 Dec 2009 -- Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko said Sunday he was convinced he would win the presidential election despite his low rating.
- Ukraine repays about 6% of its foreign debt in 2009 — Tymoshenko RIA Novosti 19 Dec 2009 -- Ukraine repaid $5.75 billion of its over $100 billion foreign debt in 2009, the country's prime minister said.
- Three Arrested In Ukraine For Offering To Sell Radioactive Material RFE/RL 17 Dec 2009 -- Police in Ukraine's western province of Lviv arrested three people this week for attempting to sell radioactive material.
- Plane with arms detained in Thailand was bound for Ukraine RIA Novosti 13 Dec 2009 -- A cargo plane full of North Korean weapons, detained in Thailand after an emergency landing at Bangkok airport, was bound for Ukraine, the Thai news agency TNA reported on Sunday.
- Plane with arms cache detained in Thailand was bound for Ukraine RIA Novosti 13 Dec 2009 -- A cargo plane full of North Korean weapons, detained in Thailand after an emergency landing at Bangkok airport, was bound for Ukraine, the Thai news agency TNA reported on Sunday.
- Iraq armaments contract Ukraine's biggest - arms exporter RIA Novosti 11 Dec 2009 -- A contract to deliver armaments to Iraq is the largest one since Ukraine became independent after the fall of the Soviet Union, a deputy head of the state's arms trader Ukrspetsexport said Friday.
- Tymoshenko ready to join hands with Yushchenko 'for Ukraine's sake' RIA Novosti 11 Dec 2009 -- Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko does not regret her decision to support Viktor Yushchenko in the 2004 presidential elections and is ready to unite with the incumbent president "for the sake of Ukraine."
- Ukraine's Yushchenko rejects PM post if Yanukovych wins election RIA Novosti 08 Dec 2009 -- Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko said he will not accept the post of the country's prime minister in case his main political opponent Viktor Yanukovych wins the country's presidential election.
- Crimean Tatar Leader Backs EU, NATO Membership For Ukraine RFE/RL 05 Dec 2009 -- The outgoing leader of Crimea's Tatars says that NATO membership for Ukraine is the safest way to avoid a repeat of the Russian-Georgian war of 2008, RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service reports.
- Chornobyl Veterans Stage Hunger Strike In Tolyatti RFE/RL 04 Dec 2009 -- Fifty veterans of the Chornobyl nuclear disaster cleanup began a three-day hunger strike in the Russian city of Tolyatti.
