Iraq Withdrawal a Priority for New Ukraine Leader
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Ukraine's president-elect promised on  Monday to make withdrawing his country's troops from Iraq a  priority as soon as he takes office, after eight of its  soldiers were killed in an explosion.
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Ukraine's Western-leaning new leader Viktor Yushchenko was poised to take power at last after the election commission announced it would certify the result of last month's vote Monday.
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Liberal Viktor Yushchenko will be sworn in  as Ukraine's new president on Sunday, ending weeks of political  turmoil and setting the stage for the ex-Soviet state to ease  its way out of Russia's sphere of influence.
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The drawdown of British troops in Basra is a sign of a new Prime Minister's priorities
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In the first sign that the Ukrainian authorities may bow to pressure from the street, the outgoing president Leonid Kuchma said yesterday that new elections might be held to end the crisis.
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Ukraine's outgoing President Leonid Kuchma orders the Ukrainian troops based in Iraq to pull out.
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All the Ukrainian contingent will be withdrawn from Iraq before the end of 2005, Ukrainian Defence Minister Alexander Kuzmuk stated in the course of his working visit to the Nikolayev garrison.
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Ukraine's outgoing president has ordered officials to draw up plans to withdraw the country's 1,600 troops home from Iraq in the first half of 2005 after eight of its soldiers were killed in a blast.
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President Leonid Kuchma on Monday ordered the foreign and defense ministries to develop a plan for withdrawing Ukraine's troops from Iraq within months, his office said.
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The Ukrainian parliament in a 257-0 vote on Friday called on outgoing President Leonid Kuchma to withdraw the nation's 1,600 peacekeepers from Iraq, where they make up the fourth-largest contingent.
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Ukraine's new president elect, Viktor Yushchenko, will be sworn in as president on Sunday, January 23.
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VR Chairman Volodymyr Lytvyn told this to journalists in Kyiv today. According to the Speaker, the Parliament has become the focus of Ukraine's political activities, so it would be unwise on his part to assume ...
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KIEV - Outgoing Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma has suggested that a new vote may be the only way out of the crisis that has gripped the country.
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KIEV, Ukraine  - Ukraine's new Western-leaning  leader Viktor Yushchenko was close to taking power at last on  Monday, but an eleventh-hour bid by his opponent to challenge  last month's election held up a final declaration of the  winner.
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WARSAW, Dec 3  Poland said today Ukraine's troop withdrawal from Iraq would deal a fresh blow to the already slimmed down multi-national division under its command.
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The speaker of Ukraine's parliament has two messages for new President Viktor Yushchenko: Pick your team carefully and do not harbor any illusions about who is really in control.
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Ukraine's outgoing President Leonid Kuchma has suggested staging a new poll to end the crisis over the disputed presidential election.