41.   On Friday, the rebels shelled four positions manned by Ukrainian peacekeepers, and the United Nations called in NATO jets.

42.   Optimism was dampened when Bosnian Serb forces crossed into Croatia on Tuesday, kidnapped seven Ukrainian peacekeepers and took them to Serb-held territory.

43.   Optimism was dampened when Bosnian Serb forces were reported to have crossed into Croatia on Tuesday, kidnapped seven Ukrainian peacekeepers and took them to Serb-held territory.

44.   On Monday, Serbs freed seven Ukrainian peacekeepers.

45.   On Tuesday, Kuchma is expected to travel to southern Lebanon to visit Ukrainian peacekeepers there.

46.   On Wednesday, Ukrainian peacekeepers dissuaded them from removing a weapon from a collection site.

47.   President Leonid Kuchma, speaking late Thursday in the southern town of Mykolaiv, said no decision on sending Ukrainian peacekeepers to Kosovo has been made.

48.   President Leonid Kuchma said Monday that Ukrainian peacekeepers would stay in Bosnia despite the taking of U.N. personnel as hostage as shields against future NATO air strikes.

49.   Shmarov also said that Ukraine has agreed to a United Nations request to send Ukrainian peacekeepers to Angola.

50.   Tanjug said Ukrainian peacekeepers were escorting the convoy when it was attacked near the village of Banjica, halfway between Urosevac and Stpce.