Photos from OSCE arms and ammunition assistance projects in Ukraine
1 July 2005
As a result of a fire at an ammunition depot in Novobogdanivka, Ukraine, 56,000 tons of ammunition detonated, damaging more than 1,500 buildings and scattering explosive material across vast areas of arable lands. Photo taken 13 September 2005. (OSCE)
The OSCE is assisting Ukraine in disposing of its large stockpiles of "melange", a decaying and highly toxic component of old Soviet rocket fuel, 14 July 2005. (OSCE)
After a fire at an ammunition depot in May 2004 in Novobogdanivka, Ukraine asked the OSCE for help with rehabilitating the large area of land contaminated by unexploded ordnance (UXO). Photo taken 27 September 2005. (OSCE)
Inspection of a melange storage facility in Ukraine, July 2005. The country has close to 17,000 tons of the highly explosive missile fuel component once used in the former USSR. (OSCE)
International observers examine a storage facility in Ukraine, in July 2005, used for melange, a dangerous missile fuel component that was used in the former USSR. Its components are extremely reactive, easily evaporating and highly toxic. (OSCE/Anton Martynyuk)
Melange is a highly explosive missile fuel component that was used in the former USSR. Its components are extremely reactive, easily evaporating and highly toxic. Photo taken in a storage facility in Ukraine, July 2005. (OSCE/Anton Martynyuk)