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June 2006 Ukraine Special Weapons News |
- Russia says Ukraine sold banned missiles to Iran, China RIA Novosti 30 Jun 2006 -- A Ukrainian firm supplied China and Iran with six long-range cruise missile in 2000-2001, Russia's defense minister said Friday.
- Party of Regions blocks Ukraine parliament, demands secret vote RIA Novosti 29 Jun 2006 -- Members of the opposition Party of Regions faction again blocked the presidium's rostrum in Ukraine's parliament Thursday, demanding a secret vote on candidates for prime minister and parliamentary speaker.
- Russian fleet based in Ukraine condemns activists' "provocation" RIA Novosti 28 Jun 2006 -- The command of Russia's Black Sea Fleet said Wednesday Ukrainian youth organization activists had tried to illegally enter the fleet's headquarters in the Ukrainian town of Sevastopol.
- Obituary for Ukrainian defense industry RIA Novosti 14 Jun 2006 -- The Russian-Ukrainian joint project of developing the Antonov An-70 medium-range transport aircraft seems to have been stopped, despite numerous statements by Russian President Vladimir Putin and his former Ukrainian counterpart Leonid Kuchma about its strategic importance for bilateral cooperation.
- Analysis: How Will Ukraine's Renewed 'Orange' Government Be Run? RFE/RL 23 Jun 2006 -- The three allies of the 2004 Orange Revolution in Ukraine -- the Yuliya Tymoshenko Bloc, Our Ukraine, and the Socialist Party -- decided on June 22 to recreate their ruling coalition, which existed for eight months in 2005.
- Referendum on Ukraine in NATO premature - chief of staff RIA Novosti 23 Jun 2006 -- It is too early to hold a referendum on Ukraine's potential membership in NATO, the head of the presidential secretariat said Friday.
- Ukraine: Prolonged Political Wrangling Has Its Cost RFE/RL 22 Jun 2006 -- There is good news in Ukraine -- after almost three months of deadlock, the political groupings behind the country's 2004 Orange Revolution have agreed to form a government coalition
- Ukraine: 'Orange' Coalition Deal Breaks Political Deadlock RFE/RL 22 Jun 2006 -- The country breathed a sigh of relief today when Yuliya Tymoshenko announced to Ukraine's parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, that the long negotiations on the composition of a coalition government were over.
- Ex-PM Tymoshenko says coalition formed in Ukraine's parliament RIA Novosti 22 Jun 2006 -- Ukrainian political parties have formed a majority coalition needed for the country's parliament to start work, the leader of one of the parties involved said Thursday.
- Ukraine's Yushchenko says parliament coalition formed RIA Novosti 22 Jun 2006 -- The formation of a coalition in the Ukrainian parliament has been completed, President Viktor Yushchenko said Thursday.
- Ukraine's Orange Parties To Form Coalition RFE/RL 21 Jun 2006 -- The parties behind Ukraine's 2004 Orange Revolution say they have agreed to form a governing coalition.
- "Orange" parties initial coalition deal in Ukraine's parliament RIA Novosti 21 Jun 2006 -- Three pro-Western parties have initialed a deal on forming a majority coalition in Ukraine's parliament, a representative for pro-presidential bloc Our Ukraine said Wednesday.
- Ukraine's Parliament Resumes Bid To Form Coalition RFE/RL 20 Jun 2006 -- Ukraine's parliament met again today to try to form a governing coalition.
- Ukraine's Rada resumes sessions, hopes to end coalition deadlock RIA Novosti 20 Jun 2006 -- Ukraine's parliament resumes plenary sessions Tuesday following a six-day recess in a bid to help break a deadlock in efforts to form a parliamentary coalition and government.
- An-70 plane project political issue with Ukraine - dep. minister RIA Novosti 20 Jun 2006 -- Russia's participation in a project with Ukraine to build the An-70 military transport aircraft is a political rather than technological issue, a deputy defense minister said Tuesday.
- Ukraine's Orange Parties Restart Talks RFE/RL 16 Jun 2006 -- Ukraine's former Orange Revolution allies have resumed talks on forming a governing coalition, in hopes of breaking a political stalemate since inconclusive parliamentary elections in March.
- Analysis: Our Ukraine Takes Steps Toward Unlikely Coalition RFE/RL 16 Jun 2006 -- What had been considered an unlikely possibility has now happened: after nearly three months of futile negotiations with the parties with which it allied in the Orange Revolution, Our Ukraine has turned to the Party of Regions to discuss the formation of a new government.
- Ex-PM Tymoshenko rejects "grand coalition" in Ukraine parliament RIA Novosti 16 Jun 2006 -- A bloc led by former Ukrainian prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko Friday turned down a proposal to create a parliamentary coalition with a pro-Russian party, leaving the parliament's future in the balance.
- Ukraine's Yushchenko backs "orange" parliamentary coalition RIA Novosti 15 Jun 2006 -- Ukraine's president said Thursday he remained a supporter of coalition in the country's parliament made up of the three main parties that swept him to power in the 2004 "orange revolution."
- Ukraine begins major air defense exercises RIA Novosti 14 Jun 2006 -- Ukraine's air defense forces started the country's largest military exercises this year, the Defense Ministry said Wednesday.
- Ukraine's Tymoshenko blasts possible Yushchenko-Yanukovych union RIA Novosti 14 Jun 2006 -- Ukraine's Yulia Tymoshenko, a former premier and fiery heroine of the "orange revolution", hit out Wednesday at a possible union between the pro-presidential and pro-Russia parties in parliament.
- Ukrainian village put in quarantine over bird flu scare RIA Novosti 13 Jun 2006 -- Quarantine regulations have been imposed on a village in eastern Ukraine in a bid to deter the spread of bird flu, the Ukrainian emergencies ministry said Tuesday.
- U.S. Marines Leave Ukraine RFE/RL 11 Jun 2006 -- Ukraine officials say some 200 U.S. Marine reservists today began leaving Ukraine after a stay marked by anti-NATO demonstrations.
- Orange coalition talks end without results RIA Novosti 10 Jun 2006 -- The latest round of talks between leaders of a mooted "orange coalition" in the new Ukrainian parliament failed to produce any results, a spokesman for the Our Ukraine party said Saturday.
- Orange coalition talks end without results RIA Novosti 10 Jun 2006 -- The latest round of talks between leaders of a mooted "orange coalition" in the new Ukrainian parliament failed to produce any results, a spokesman for the Our Ukraine party said Saturday.
- Planned Joint NATO-Ukraine Exercises in Crimea Create Political Uproar VOA 09 Jun 2006 -- Joint military exercises between NATO and Ukraine have been postponed after the landing of a U.S. naval ship in the Crimean peninsula touched off a firestorm of local protests
- NATO arguments spark clashes in Ukraine's Crimea RIA Novosti 08 Jun 2006 -- Pro- and anti-NATO demonstrators clashed Thursday at the southern Ukrainian port of Feodosia as tension mounts over a U.S. naval ship docked at the port and Ukraine's intention to join the alliance.
- Ukraine, NATO postpone joint maneuvers RIA Novosti 08 Jun 2006 -- Ukraine's defense minister said Thursday that joint air-force exercises with the U.K. scheduled for next week had been cancelled as a political crisis mounted over foreign troops' presence in the country.
- Ukraine's air force to phase in new An-70 aircraft in 2 years RIA Novosti 08 Jun 2006 -- Ukraine's defense ministry will receive new An-70 military transport aircraft in two years' time, the head of the plant building the aircraft said Thursday, despite Russia's withdrawal from the project.
- Analysis: Building Coalitions -- And Nations -- In Ukraine RFE/RL 07 Jun 2006 -- The Yuliya Tymoshenko Bloc, Our Ukraine, and the Socialist Party -- the three allies in the 2004 Orange Revolution -- have been busy for the past two weeks with preparing a coalition accord to run a new government
- Ukraine slams Russian parliament's position on NATO entry RIA Novosti 07 Jun 2006 -- Ukraine's deputy foreign minister hit back at Russian criticism of his country's plan to join NATO Wednesday, saying Russian lawmakers had no grounds for their disapproval of the plan.
- Georgia, Ukraine NATO accession may cause geopolitical shift - FM RIA Novosti 07 Jun 2006 -- Russia's Foreign Minister said Wednesday that Ukraine or Georgia joining NATO could lead to a colossal shift in global geopolitics.
- Russian parliament blasts Ukraine's plans to join NATO RIA Novosti 07 Jun 2006 -- The State Duma, Russia's lower house of parliament, Wednesday slammed Ukraine's plans to join NATO and expressed concern over recent events in the country's largely Russian-speaking south.
- Sea Breeze exercise unrelated to NATO - Ukraine Defense Ministry RIA Novosti 02 Jun 2006 -- Military exercises to be held in Ukraine this year are part of the nation's bilateral cooperation with the United States and are not connected with NATO, the Ukrainian Defense Ministry said Friday.
- Ukraine's Yushchenko wants coalition to spell out NATO position RIA Novosti 02 Jun 2006 -- Ukraine's president said Friday that a parliamentary coalition agreement should contain a more precise position on the country's relations with NATO.
- U.S. ship entered Ukrainian port legally - prosecutor general RIA Novosti 02 Jun 2006 -- The visit last week to a Ukrainian port by a U.S. vessel carrying weapons was not a violation of the former Soviet republic's laws, the Ukrainian Prosecutor General's Office said Friday.
