Document #1131218
IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Author)
Information on conscription practices and
alternative military service in Ukraine is currently available in
the IRBDC's recent Question and Answer Series paper CIS, Baltic
States and Georgia: Military Service (June 1992) available at
Regional Documentation Centres. In addition, please find attached
two articles from Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.
There is no further information on this
topic currently available to the IRBDC.
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. 26 June
1992. Vol. 1, No. 26. RFE/RL Research Report. Stephen Foye.
"The Ukrainian Armed Forces: Prospects and Problems," pp.
55-60.
_____. 19 June 1992. Vol. 1, No. 25.
RFE/RL Research Report. "Military and Security Notes," p.
69.