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Ukraine Hints May Back Russian Missile Shield Plan

July 12, 2007 :: News

Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko suggested that Ukraine could support a Russian plan for an international ballistic missile defense system.  "Let me, on behalf of the Ukrainian state, say that we view positively any system which would broaden the possibilities of collective security," Yushchenko told the Moscow newspaper Novaya Gazeta when asked about Putin's counter-proposals.

 


The current U.S. plan to install components of a ballistic missile defense in Poland and the Czech Republic has angered Russia, which sees the system as a threat to its strategic offensive nuclear deterrent and its regional influence.  Russian President Vladimir Putin detailed the elements of his counter-proposal at a summit at the Bush family home in Kennebunkport Maine in early July, which would use radar facilities in Azerbaijan and Russia and defend both Europe and Russia. (Article)

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