Posted on 04/06/2003 7:43:19 AM PDT by knighthawk
Lviv, 6 April: A Ukrainian battalion of radiological, chemical and biological defence completed its deployment to Kuwait yesterday.
The last six flights with 26 servicemen and seven pieces of equipment on board took off from Lviv's Sknyliv military airfield yesterday, heading for Kuwait.
Thus, the deployment of the 19th detached battalion to Kuwait has been completed. As of the morning of 5 April, a total of 422 Ukrainian troops and 118 units of equipment were stationed in Kuwait.
[Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma took the decision to send the battalion to Kuwait in order to protect Kuwaiti civilian population from possible chemical, nuclear of biological attack by Iraq. The move sparked public controversy, but was approved by the Ukrainian parliament. Meanwhile, Kuchma ruled out the Ukrainian troops' participation in military action against Iraq.]
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