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Griffiths, Hugh; Karp, Aaron. 2008 ‘Ukraine: Coping with Post-Soviet Legacies: Negotiating over guns.’ Contemporary Security Policy: Inconspicuous disarmament: The politics of destroying surplus small arms and ammunition; 29 (1), p. 219. Arlington, VA: Routledge / Taylor & Francis. 1 April

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The Ukrainian Ministry of Defence reports that at independence in 1992, the military had 7.1 million SALW. The latest official figures from the Ministry of Defence are some 6.2 million SALW. Ministry of Defence officials state that the reduction of some 900,000 SALW between 1992 and 2007 was due to commercial sale and destruction of which 'between 20 – 25 per cent' were sold. These figures would imply that Ukraine had undertaken a substantial domestic SALW destruction program prior to 2002, something which could not be independently verified.

It should be noted that these figures are disputed by a number of national and international sources, and should be treated with great caution.

[SALW = small arms and light weapons]

ID: Q15411

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