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Arms laid down

Wednesday 04 May 1994 23:02 BST
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Ukraine took off military alert nearly all 46 of its SS-24 strategic missles, the most sophisticated in the former Soviet nuclear arsenal, Reuter reports from Kiev.

'The process of deactivisation is nearly complete,' a defence ministry spokesman said. Each missile holds 10 nuclear warheads, all of which were directed at the United States.

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