"They were removed from military service, but we cannot find them. They are said to have been utilized. But where are the results of their utilization?"
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the rockets posed no danger because they could not fly
[Ukrainian] Defense Minister Yevgeny Marchuk startled the international community last week by revealing that Ukraine was looking for "hundreds of rockets."
But he revised his comments Tuesday, saying the missing missiles were not a threat.
US-Ukraine ties were badly hurt last year by allegations that Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma had personally approved the sale of an advanced radar system to Iraq in violation of UN sanctions.
Now, Ukraine is the fourth largest contributor of troops to the US-led stabilization effort in Iraq, with some 1,650 soldiers on the ground in southeastern Iraq.
defense-aerospace/AFP Mar.30.04
