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

Highways:
total: 172,257 km
paved: 163,300 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: 8,957 km (1995 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 : 301 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 2,507,463 GRT/3,156,522
DWT
ships by type: barge carrier 5, bulk 21, cargo 192, chemical tanker 2,
combination bulk 1, container 10, multifunction large-load carrier 3,
oil tanker 23, passenger 7, passenger-cargo 4, railcar carrier 2,
refrigerated cargo 5, roll-on/roll-off cargo 20, short-sea passenger 6
note : Ukraine owns an additional 61 ships (1,000 GRT or over)
totaling 1,283,735 DWT operating under the registries of The Bahamas,
Cyprus, Liberia, Malta, Panama, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
(1996 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 and Air Defense Forces, Internal
Troops, National Guard, Border Troops

Military manpower - military age: 18 years of age

Military manpower - availability:
males age 15-49: 12,408,912 (1997 est.)

Military manpower - fit for military service:
males: 9,720,351 (1997 est.)

Military manpower - reaching military age annually:
males: 366,086 (1997 est.)

Military expenditures - dollar figure: 1.35 billion hryvni (Ukrainian
Government's forecast for 1996); note - conversion of defense
expenditures into US dollars using the current exchange rate could
produce misleading results

Military expenditures - percent of GDP: less than 2% (Ukrainian
Government's forecast for 1996)

Transnational Issues

Disputes - international: dispute with Romania over continental shelf
of the Black Sea under which significant gas and oil deposits may
exist; agreed to two-year negotiati