waterways:
NA km perennially navigable
Pipelines:
NA
Ports:
maritime - Berdyansk, Il'ichevsk Kerch', Kherson, Mariupol' (formerly
Zhdanov), Nikolayev, Odessa, Sevastopol', Yuzhnoye; inland - Kiev
Merchant marine:
338 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 4,117,595 GRT/5,403,685 DWT; includes
221 cargo, 11 container, 9 barge carriers, 59 bulk cargo, 9 petroleum
tanker, 2 chemical tanker, 3 liquefied gas, 24 passenger
Civil air:
NA major transport aircraft
Airports:
NA
Telecommunications:
inheriting part of the former USSR system, Ukraine has about 7 million
telephone lines (13.5 telephones for each 100 persons); as of 31 January
1990, 3.56 million applications for telephones could not be satisfied;
international calls can be made via satellite, by landline to other CIS
countries, and through the Moscow international switching center; satellite
earth stations employ INTELSAT, INMARSAT, and Intersputnik

:Ukraine Defense Forces

Branches:
Republic Security Forces (internal and border troops), National Guard; CIS
Forces (Ground Navy, Air, and Defense)
Manpower availability:
males 15-49, NA; NA fit for military service; NA reach military age (18)
annually
Defense expenditures:
$NA, NA% of GDP

:United Arab Emirates Geography

Total area:
83,600 km2
Land area:
83,600 km2
Comparative area:
slightly smaller than Maine
Land boundaries:
1,016 km total; Oman 410 km, Saudi Arabia 586 km, Qatar 20 km
Coastline:
1,448 km
Maritime claims:
Continental shelf:
defined by bilateral boundaries or equidistant line
Exclusive economic zone:
200 nm
Territorial sea:
3 nm (assumed), 12 nm for Ash Shariqah (Sharjah)
Disputes:
boundary with Qatar is unresolved; no defined boundary with Saudi Arabia; no
defined boundary with most of Oman, but Administrative Line in far north;
claims two islands in the Persian Gulf occupied by Iran (Jazireh-ye Tonb-e
Bozorg or Greater Tunb, and Jazireh-ye Tonb-e Kuchek or Lesser Tunb); claims
island in the Persian Gulf jointly administered with Iran (Jazireh-ye Abu
Musa or Abu Musa,)
Climate:
desert; cooler in eastern mountains
Terrain:
flat, barren coastal plain merging into rolling sand dunes of vast desert
waste- land; mountains in east
Natural resources:
crude oil and natural gas
Land use:
arable land NEGL%; permanent crops N