s 18 countries;
additional international service is provided by the
Italy-Turkey-Ukraine-Russia (ITUR) fiber-optic submarine cable and
by earth stations in the Intelsat, Inmarsat, and Intersputnik
satellite systems

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 134, FM 289, shortwave 4 (1998)

Radios:
45.05 million (1997)

Television broadcast stations:
at least 33 (plus 21 repeaters that relay broadcasts from Russia)
(1997)

Televisions:
18.05 million (1997)

Internet country code:
.ua

Internet hosts:
94,345 (2004)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
260 (2001)

Internet users:
900,000 (2002)

Transportation Ukraine

Railways:
total: 22,473 km
broad gauge: 22,473 km 1.524-m gauge (9,250 km electrified) (2003)

Highways:
total: 169,491 km
paved: 163,898 km
unpaved: 5,593 km (2000)

Waterways:
1,672 km (most on Dnieper River) (2004)

Pipelines:
gas 20,069 km; oil 4,540 km; refined products 4,169 km (2004)

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

Merchant marine:
total: 140 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 675,904 GRT/709,802 DWT
by type: bulk 7, cargo 92, container 7, liquefied gas 2, passenger
11, passenger/cargo 3, petroleum tanker 10, rail car carrier 2,
refrigerated cargo 2, roll on/roll off 3, short-sea/passenger 1
foreign-owned: Belize 2, Canada 1, Cyprus 1, Hungary 2, Italy 1,
Russia 4, Turkey 3
registered in other countries: 87 (2004 est.)

Airports:
702 (2003 est.)

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 174
over 3,047 m: 13
2,438 to 3,047 m: 57
914 to 1,523 m: 4
under 914 m: 70 (2003 est.)
1,524 to 2,437 m: 30

Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 528
under 914 m: 469 (2003 est.)
over 3,047 m: 4
2,438 to 3,047 m: 3
914 to 1,523 m: 35
1,524 to 2,437 m: 17

Heliports:
8 (2003 est.)

Military Ukraine

Military branches:
Ground Forces, Naval Forces, Air and Air Defense Forces, Ministry
of Internal Affairs (MVS) Troops, Border Troops

Military manpower - military age and obligation:
18-27 years of age for compulsory and voluntary military service;
conscript service obligation - 18 months for Army and Air Force, 24
months for Navy (2004)

Military manpower - availability:
males age 15-49: 12,196,319 (2004 est.)

Military manpower - fit for military ser