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My knowledge of this is limited -- I have known some Ukrainian Catholic priests. One I was able to sit down and ask the blunt question of infiltration of the KGB in the Churches in Russia -- but more so in the Ukraine. One must understand that under Communism, the KGB [internal security police] would use the Church as a place to get information -- especially in the secrecy of the confessional. With the current troubles in the Ukraine, I hope it is in the best interest of those people to air this laundry. The problem is much more significant...

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...