- Pyotr Simonenko, the leader of the Ukrainian Communist
Party released a sensational statement on Wednesday. In his words, there
were 2400 nuclear warheads in Ukraine, although the export of only 2200
of them was officially documented. Simonenko claimed that nobody knows
where 200 Soviet-era nukes in Ukraine are.
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- The official reaction followed the next day, but it was
a rather weak one. Deputy chief of the Ukrainian Army Headquarters, Nikolay
Goncharenko, declared that Simonenkoâs statement regarding the disappearance
of the nuclear weapons from the territory of Ukraine was absolutely groundless.
The high-ranking military official stated that all weapons of the trilateral
agreement concerning the execution of the contract for strategic offensive
arms had been handed over to Russia. Ok, but how come the leader of Ukrainian
communists counted 200 nukes? It seems that the nuke scandal will continue.
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- http://english.pravda.ru/main/2002/09/13/36519.html
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