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2003 Ukraine Special Weapons News



  • UKRAINE / BORDER VOA 05 Nov 2003 -- Ukraine and Russia are trying to settle a long-standing border dispute concerning a strategic waterway near the Crimea Peninsula in the Black Sea.
  • Ukraine: Kuchma To Withdraw Controversial Changes To Constitution RFE/L 16 Jul 2003 -- Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma says he has decided to withdraw controversial proposals to alter the constitution.
  • Ukraine: Colorful New Defense Minister Has His Work Cut Out For Him RFE/L 30 Jun 2003 -- Ukraine has a new defense minister. President Leonid Kuchma has appointed Yevhen Marchuk, one of the country's most colorful public figures, to the post after accepting the resignation of Volodymyr Skidchenko over issues related to the lack of military reforms and alleged corruption. What will the appointment mean for the future of Ukraine's beleaguered military and its ambitions to join NATO?
  • Ukraine: Declassified Files Reveal Authorities Knew Of Chornobyl's Fatal Flaws RFE/L 09 May 2003 -- Ukraine's intelligence service, the SBU, is marking the 17th anniversary of the Chornobyl nuclear catastrophe by releasing dramatic information from previously secret KGB files. The files show that the Ukrainian branch of the former Soviet secret police had warned that Chornobyl was a disaster waiting to happen
  • Chornobyl Seen Affecting Reproductive Habits Of Worms VOA 29 Apr 2003 -- The effects on humans of the Chornobyl nuclear disaster in Ukraine 17 years ago have been widely studied. But little research has been done on the effects on wildlife in the contaminated region around the nuclear plant. Now, research by two Ukrainian scientists that shows worms in the affected area have changed their sexual habits has provoked some interest.
  • Annan urges international community to remember victims of Chernobyl disaster UN News Centre 26 Apr 2003 -- The United Nations Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, today made a special plea to the international community to remember the victims of the Chernobyl nuclear reactor explosion 17 years ago in Ukraine - an event which devastated the lives and health of many people for generations to come.
  • CHERNOBYL ANNIVERSARY VOA 25 Apr 2003 -- Ukraine is preparing to mark the 17th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster -- the worst nuclear accident in history. The country's president Leonid Kuchma laid flowers Friday at the memorial dedicated to those who helped to contain the nuclear fallout. Meanwhile, concerns about the safety of the protective shield over Chernobyl's damaged reactor continue to mount.



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