31.  In Kiev, the Ukrainian capital, Kuchma warned political opponents on Thursday that he would not tolerate unapproved protests.

32.  In the Ukrainian capital Kiev, veterans marched with children and grandchildren, many leaning on canes but still managing to raise their hands in salute to the onlookers.

33.  International investigators have concluded that a beheaded body found later in the woods near the Ukrainian capital was his.

34.  It was not the first big statue to disappear in the Ukrainian capital this year.

35.  Italian President Oscar Luigi Scalfaro arrived in the Ukrainian capital on Monday for a two-day state visit, his first to the former Soviet republic.

36.  Kiev energy authorities on Friday urged businesses in the Ukrainian capital to work at night instead of during the day in order to save energy and avoid potential blackouts.

37.  Last spring, a regional correspondent for the largest newspaper in Kiev, Kiyevskiye Vedomosti, was found dead in the Ukrainian capital.

38.  Labor officials from the Ukrainian capital, Kiev, are heading to Donetsk to investigate the accident, the Interfax news agency said.

39.  Marches were also planned in the Ukrainian capital Kiev and the Belarusian capital Minsk.

40.  Nazi troops quickly captured the western part of the country, destroying the Belarusian capital Minsk and occupying the Ukrainian capital Kiev.