taly-Turkey-Ukraine-Russia Undersea Fiber-Optic Cable
(ITUR) giving Ukraine an additional fiber-optic link to worldwide
service; Ukraine has Intelsat, Inmarsat, and Intersputnik earth
stations

Radio broadcast stations: AM NA, FM NA, shortwave NA; note--at
least 25 local broadcast stations of NA type (1998)

Radios: 15 million (1990)

Television broadcast stations: at least 33 (in addition 21
repeater stations that relay ORT broadcasts from Russia) (1997)

Televisions: 17.3 million (1992)

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 4,000 km (1995); petroleum products 4,500 km
(1995); natural gas 34,400 km (1998)

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

Merchant marine:
total: 181 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,022,047
GRT/1,101,278 DWT
ships by type: bulk 9, cargo 117, liquefied gas tanker 1, container
4, multifunction large-load carrier 2, oil tanker 16, passenger 12,
passenger-cargo 3, railcar carrier 2, refrigerated cargo 2,
roll-on/roll-off cargo 10, short-sea passenger 3 (1998 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.)

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: 12,434,486 (1999 est.)

Military manpower--fit for military service:
males age 15-49: 9,740,684 (1999 est.)

Military manpower--reaching military age annually:
males: 365,762 (1999 est.)

Military expenditures--dollar figure: $414 million (1999)

Military expenditures--percent of GDP: