Sevastopol, Ukraine News

Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko proposed creating a special economic zone in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea.

The Central Election Commission has registered 46 official foreign monitors over the Ukrainian presidential elections, according to National radio .

China has procured from Russia 12 Kilo class submarines and four 956E/EM DDGs, or guided missile destroyers, since 1993.

A potential deal that would see France selling advanced military technology to Russia has been causing concern among former Soviet states.

Via the Kyiv Post : Ukraine's health ministry confirms 457 deaths of flu . But the story is from December 4, and it's buried on the paper's website.

The outgoing leader of Crimea's Tatars says that NATO membership for Ukraine is the safest way to avoid a repeat of the Russian-Georgian war of 2008, RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service reports.

Russian intelligence service cells within Russia's Black Sea Fleet based in Sevastopol are to be dissolved and all FSB agents moved to Russia by mid-December, RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service reports.

The relationship between Russia and Ukraine are complicated by a number of issues.

KIEV/MOSCOW, October 23 - Ukraine's recently appointed Foreign Minister Petro Poroshenko will pay a visit to Moscow on Friday in an attempt to renew dialogue between Moscow and Kiev.

Ukraine's First Deputy Defence Minister Valery Ivashchenko said that Kiev had not held negotiations with the USA on possible participation in the U.S. missile defence programme.

The European Union plans to put financial muscle into the economic and social development of the Crimean Peninsula, hoping that in this way it will gain a firmer foothold in this region of Ukraine.

As the country starts its first presidential election campaign since that popular movement in 2004 broke the grip of the post-Soviet establishment, its leader, President Viktor Yushchenko, stares a painful reality in the face.

Today is Sunday, October 25, the 298th day of 2009. There are 67 days left in the year.

The possibility of a Ukrainian radar facility being used as part of a U.S. missile defense system is being considered, Ukraine's ambassador to the United States said on Thursday.

Tomorrow is the 150th anniversary of the declaration of the Crimean war. The region is full of beaches, mountains and Soviet-era architecture, and a little digging around Sevastopol can uncover evidence of the fierce battles of 1854, say Patrick Mercer and Simon Calder WHAT IS THE CRIMEA? WHAT IS THE CRIMEA? "One of the the most wonderful places on ...

As Ukraine prepares for its first presidential election since the Orange Revolution, there are signs that its giant neighbour to the east will not tolerate a pro-western outcome.

7. "The note of protest reflects indignation of Azerbaijan concerning vandalism towards the monument to Azerbaijanis who died while liberating Sevastopol from fascists.

The Ukrainian city of Sevastopol has promised to restore a monument to World War II Azerbaijani fighters that was partly dismantled by scavengers and sold for scrap.

A memorial in Sevastopol to the ethnic Azeri veterans of World War II has been vandalized, RFE/RL's Russian Service reports.

He said chief of interior department of Sevastopol, Major-General Valeri Petukhov said the parts of the monument were also found.