Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
April 2006 Ukraine Special Weapons News |
- Seized MiG-29 to remain in Hong Kong custody indefinitely RIA Novosti 27 Apr 2006 -- Customs officials in Hong Kong said Thursday that a Ukrainian Air Forces MiG fighter plane seized earlier this month would remain in the country until an investigation is completed.
- Ukraine Marks Chornobyl Disaster RFE/RL 26 Apr 2006 -- Ukraine is marking the 20th anniversary of the Chornobyl (Chernobyl) nuclear disaster with a day of national mourning and memorial services across the country.
- Analysis: Chernobyl Revisited cfr.org 25 Apr 2006 -- Chernobyl is associated in most minds with the devastating health effects caused by nuclear fallout.
- Chornobyl 20 Years After: What Lessons Have Been Learned? RFE/RL 20 Apr 2006 -- Twenty years ago in the early morning of April 26, while most of Europe lay oblivious and asleep, a chain of events had begun in Soviet Ukraine that was to unleash a catastrophe of unprecedented scale.
- Chornobyl 20 Years After: Did Disaster Lead To Soviet Union's Explosion? RFE/RL 20 Apr 2006 -- Chernobyl shocked the world not just because of the horror of what had happened but because its consequences were made so much worse by the silence of the Soviet authorities
- Chornobyl 20 Years After: Greenpeace, Others Challenge IAEA Report On Disaster Consequences RFE/RL 20 Apr 2006 -- Greenpeace has sharply criticized a report by the International Atomic Energy Agency -- the United Nations' nuclear watchdog -- claiming the 1986 nuclear catastrophe at Chornobyl (Chernobyl) will cause no more than 4,000 deaths worldwide
- Debate Over Chernobyl's True Toll Continues VOA 20 Apr 2006 -- A recent United Nations report about the world's worst nuclear accident at Chernobyl 20 years ago says the consequences of the disaster were overblown and that scientists now believe the radioactive nuclear fallout was not as harmful to human health as previously reported
- New Chernobyl casing to be built by 2010 - Yushchenko RIA Novosti 19 Apr 2006 -- The construction of a new sarcophagus above the Chernobyl reactor that blew up in 1986 will be completed in 2010, the Ukrainian president said Wednesday.
- Ukrainian Presidential Rivals Allegedly Close To Coalition Agreement RFE/RL 18 Apr 2006 -- Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yuliya Tymoshenko today said the parties of President Viktor Yushchenko and his former pro-Russian presidential rival Viktor Yanukovych are close to an agreement on forming a governing coalition.
- Greenpeace Says Effects Of Chornobyl Grossly Underestimated RFE/RL 18 Apr 2006 -- Greenpeace says tens of thousands of people are likely to die from cancers caused by radiation from the Chornobyl explosion 20 years ago.
- Tymoshenko pledges to unify Ukraine as PM RIA Novosti 18 Apr 2006 -- Yulia Tymoshenko, whose bloc came second in the March 26 parliamentary elections in Ukraine, said Tuesday that if appointed premier she could bring political unity and economic growth to the former Soviet republic in a year.
- Ukraine proposes additional agreement on Russian naval bases RIA Novosti 17 Apr 2006 -- Ukraine wants to make a treaty on the presence of Russian naval bases on its territory more transparent by signing an additional agreement, a senior official said Monday.
- Ukraine's Three Main Liberal Parties Move Closer To Coalition RFE/RL 13 Apr 2006 -- Ukraine's three main liberal parties today signed a protocol aimed at advancing the process of forming a governing coalition.
- Ukraine says referendum on NATO membership would be premature RIA Novosti 13 Apr 2006 -- Ukraine's Foreign Ministry said Thursday it was too early to talk of holding a referendum on joining NATO.
- Our Ukraine In Coalition Talks With Pro-Russian Party RFE/RL 08 Apr 2006 -- Ukraine's prime minister says he is conducting coalition-building consultations with the pro-Russian party that came first in the March 26 parliamentary elections.
- Ukraine: Yushchenko's Coalition Offer Receives Icy Response RFE/RL 06 Apr 2006 -- Uneasy talks are under way in Ukraine on how to put together a governing coalition following the March 26 parliamentary election
- Ukrainian President's Party Wants Coalition With Other 'Orange Revolution' Groups VOA 06 Apr 2006 -- Ukraine's President Viktor Yushchenko's party says it wants to form a coalition with other "Orange Revolution" groups.
- Tymoshenko Accuses Our Ukraine Of Stalling On Coalition RFE/RL 06 Apr 2006 -- Former Prime Minister Yuliya Tymoshenko has accused President Viktor Yushchenko's political bloc of dragging out talks on forming a parliamentary coalition.
- Ukraine: Yushchenko Faces Tough Coalition Choice RFE/RL 05 Apr 2006 -- President Viktor Yushchenko's party suffered a humiliating third-place finish in Ukraine's March 26 parliamentary elections, but is still in a position to determine the shape of the new government by joining a coalition with one of the two leading parties
- Russian MiG fighter seized at Hong Kong customs RIA Novosti 05 Apr 2006 -- Customs officers in Hong Kong have seized an undeclared Russian MiG-29 fighter on board a ship bound for the United States, a leading English-language newspaper said Wednesday.
- Ukraine: Yushchenko Faces Tough Choice In Forming Coalition RFE/RL 04 Apr 2006 -- President Viktor Yushchenko's party suffered a humiliating third-place finish in Ukraine's March 26 parliamentary elections, but is still in a position to determine the shape of the new government by joining a coalition with one of the two leading parties
- Analysis: Typology Of The Ukrainian Elections RFE/RL 04 Apr 2006 -- Following Ukraine's March 26 parliamentary elections, what has emerged is a country firmly split along regional and ideological lines?/LI>
- Ukrainian Parliament Rejects Vote Recount RFE/RL 04 Apr 2006 -- Ukraine's parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, today rejected demands for a complete recount of votes in the March 26 parliamentary elections.
- Ukraine did not sell warheads to Iran - defense ministry RIA Novosti 03 Apr 2006 -- The Ukrainian defense ministry denied media reports Monday that Ukraine had sold 250 nuclear warheads to Iran.
- Yushchenko Wants Examination Of Vote Recount Demands RFE/RL 01 Apr 2006 -- Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko today urged the Central Election Commission (CEC) to examine requests for a recount of the March 26 legislative elections.
