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Article: Ukraine defence minister says politicians dodge responsibility for army problems.
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- BBC Monitoring International Reports
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- May 26, 2009
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Text of report by private Ukrainian news agency UNIAN
Kiev, 26 May: The escalating scandal involving the Ukrainian Defence Ministry is an attempt to dodge responsibility for failure to transfer the army to contract service, Defence Minister Yuriy Yekhanurov said today.
"Of course, none of the politicians wants to admit that the programme for the Armed Forces' development and the army's transfer to contract service have failed due to lack of funds, which was just horrible. It was the worst this year," Yekhanurov said, adding that "it is not worth expecting that any of ...