broadcast stations: 2 radio broadcast stations of NA type

Radios: 15 million (1990)

Television broadcast stations: at least 2

Televisions: 17.3 million (1992)

@Ukraine:Transportation

Railways:
total: 23,350 km
broad gauge: 23,350 km 1.524-m gauge (8,600 km electrified)

Highways:
total: 172,565 km
paved: 163,937 km (including 1,875 km of expressways); note-these
roads are said to be hard-surfaced, meaning that some are paved and
some are all-weather gravel surfaced
unpaved: 8,628 km (1996 est.)

Waterways: 4,400 km navigable waterways, of which 1,672 km were on the
Pryp''yat' and Dnistr (1990)

Pipelines: crude oil 2,010 km; petroleum products 1,920 km; natural
gas 7,800 km (1992)

Ports and harbors: Berdyans'k, Illichivs'k, Izmayil, Kerch, Kherson,
Kiev (Kyyiv), Mariupol', Mykolayiv, Odesa, Reni

Merchant marine:
total: 202 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,498,653 GRT/1,709,393
DWT
ships by type: barge carrier 3, bulk 13, cargo 122, chemical tanker 2,
combination bulk 1, container 3, multifunction large-load carrier 2,
oil tanker 19, passenger 7, passenger-cargo 4, railcar carrier 2,
refrigerated cargo 6, roll-on/roll-off cargo 13, short-sea passenger 5
note: Ukraine owns an additional 41 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling
515,743 DWT operating under the registries of The Bahamas, Cyprus,
Liberia, Malta, Panama, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (1997
est.)

Airports: 706 (1994 est.)

Airports-with paved runways:
total: 163
over 3,047 m: 14
2,438 to 3,047 m: 55
1,524 to 2,437 m: 34
914 to 1,523 m: 3
under 914 m: 57 (1994 est.)

Airports-with unpaved runways:
total: 543
over 3,047 m: 7
2,438 to 3,047 m: 7
1,524 to 2,437 m: 16
914 to 1,523 m: 37
under 914 m: 476 (1994 est.)

@Ukraine:Military

Military branches: Army, Navy, Air Force, Air Defense Force, Internal
Troops, National Guard, Border Troops

Military manpower-military age: 18 years of age

Military manpower-availability:
males age 15-49: 12,431,318 (1998 est.)

Military manpower-fit for military service:
males: 9,733,193 (1998 est.)

Military manpower-reaching military age annually:
males: 367,160 (1998 est.)

Military expenditures-dollar figure: 1.71 billion hryvni (Ukrainian
Government's forecast for 1998); note - conversion of defense
expenditures into US dollars using the current exchange rate could
produce misleading results

Military expenditures-percent of GDP: NA%

@Ukraine:Transnational Issues