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The page needs serious widening and editing. Hope to find time for that. Just for start, I've made some edits using conventional English terms. Later I'll explain them with official Ukrainian names. AlexPU 16:31, 28 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Might want to work this in somewhere: Siberia Airlines Flight 1812. A2Kafir 20:52, 29 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Contents 1 T-55 2 Frigates 3 Internal security during election unrest 4 Translating Ukrainian Featured Article 5 Military Budget

[edit] T-55

Michael, хто їх знає, що в них in service. Вони, по-моєму, геть усе вже розпродали/розкрали... Military in Ukraine is highly untransparent. AlexPU

I was wondering about the list of equipment here, myself. My understanding is that the USSR was widely equipped with the very latest, but kept a lot of very old equipment in reserve service and war stores. Я не маю поняття що Україна ще уживає. I'll see if I can find a recent Jane's Fighting Vehicles at the library, and look up some realistic information. —Michael Z.

To the best of my knowledge, they were selling the old equipment out in 1990s. That's how Ukraine, producing almost null of armaments in mid-1990s, got on the world's top ten of sellers :). It wolud be interesting to find out what the Jane's knows. Pryvit, AlexPU

I honestly believe that Ukraine doesnt actually have any t-55s IN SERVICE anymore, I'm willing to believe that they have a few stocked
up in a warehouse waiting to be sold to some desperate nation but I doubt that there are any in service since there are t-55s
in museums in kievs...

A few references T-55/125 is on IDEF-2003 exhibition in 2003 (Ukrainian). , Optical equipment enhancement offer for T-55 (Russian)., Engine and weapon enhancement offir for T-55АГМ (Russian). and finally in English 17 Lviv Mechanical Maintenance Plant.. And definite count - "12 T-55 tanks" in 2003 London, UK-based Institute for Strategic Studies appraises Ukrainian Armed Forces' personnel as 295,500-strong.. Ukraine has all thouse repair faculties for countries like Azerbaijan’s (123 T-55), Uganda (about 100 T-55) --TAG 08:07, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Frigates

what are ukraine's 7 frigates? I thought Ukraine only had 2 frigates( the sebastopol being actualy unable to set to sea) and 4 corvettes? User:Domnu Goie

Indeed. Anyway, we have more corvettes than frigates :) . The block is tagged for now. Ukrained 00:07, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Internal security during election unrest

This controversial issue is addressed here (and here by me recently). That's why the section is tagged. Ukrained 23:23, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

I also find the story hard to beleive at face value but NYTimes is one of the most respactable papers and we cannot say that what it wrote is plain BS unless we can find other respectable sources that discredit that article. BTW, the links above "here and here" do not direct to your addressing the issue. --Irpen 23:27, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

Ooops... The issue is addressed by my edit here. Thanks for alerting. Ukrained 23:37, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

I looked at your edit there and I disagree with this approach. NYTimes rarely publish dubious info, although it happends of course, as with any media. However, if they make a blunder, it becomes known from the media itself, like the Bush's service records published by CBS that were later found out to be forged [1]. You say "not confirmed". This may apply if this is found on some web-blog or a tabloid. NYTimes story cannot be considered dubious until it is rebutted, not vice versa. That said, I find all this hard to beleive myself, but I don't claim the authority in news services and, as a wiki-writer, accept the version of the respected paper, in attributed form, until it is rebutted. --Irpen 23:47, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

Duly noted. But I still think we should either rewrite the section or keep tag. The current text looks like documenting the mere facts. Ukrained 00:04, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

Fine with me, please rewrite the section by presenting the version in attributed form, similar to what was done in the OR article. Like "According to..." --Irpen 00:42, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Translating Ukrainian Featured Article

See User:Mzajac/Military of Ukraine

[edit] Military Budget

I'm sure that the Ukrainian military bedget is much more the $617 million (in 2006), so could someone find a more resent estimate of these figures. Bogdan 01:09, 25 March 2007 (UTC)