21.   President Leonid Kuchma and other Ukrainian leaders laid a wreath at the Tomb of Unknown Soldier in Kiev.

22.   The blast, the first such high-level attack on a Ukrainian leader in modern history, generated political shock waves.

23.   The Alliance consortium, made up of six French, British and German companies, presented its final project and cost estimate to Ukrainian leaders in Kiev.

24.   That would drive up costs, and financing has worried Ukrainian leaders.

25.   The president and other Ukrainian leaders also were scheduled to open a new monument to children killed at Babi Yar and lay a cornerstone for a memorial complex.

26.   The six shuttle astronauts named Kuchma an honorary member of the Columbia crew, Kadenyuk told the Ukrainian leader, a former missile factory director.

27.   The U.S. delegation is also holding talks with Ukrainian leaders in Kiev on NATO expansion.

28.   The Ukrainian leader also met with U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Carlos Pascual to express his condolences and discuss measures for battling terrorism.

29.   The Ukrainian leader did not elaborate on what form the compensation, presumably from NATO countries, should take.

30.   The United States has also urged Ukrainian leaders to pick up the pace of reforms that are considered necessary to spark a long-awaited economic turnaround.