Dec. 2 1960: The world’s largest blast furnace “Kryvyi Rih-Komsomol” is launched at the local steel works.
2004: The European Parliament resolves to annul the results of the second round of presidential elections in Ukraine.
Dec. 3 1932: The Council of People’s Commissars of the Ukrainian SSR bans the sale of meat and cattle in all regions of Ukraine that have failed to meet the delivery quotas.
2004: The Supreme Court of Ukraine annuls the results of the second round of presidential elections
Dec. 4 1925: The first issue of the all-Ukrainian newspaper Komsomolets Ukrainy was published in Kharkiv (Molod’ Ukrainy from 1943).
2004: The foreign press widely comments on the situation in this country after the Supreme Court of Ukraine ruled to cancel the results of the presidential election runoff.
Dec. 5 1994: A memorandum was signed in Budapest on the granting of nuclear safety guarantees to Ukraine by the nuclear powers: the US, Britain, and Russia.
2004: The presidential candidate Viktor Yushchenko said in an interview with The Daily Telegraph that his family was in hiding because it faced danger.
Dec. 6 Day of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
2004: The New York Times published an interview with President Leonid Kuchma of Ukraine, who blamed the current crisis on both presidential candidates.
Dec. 7 1934: The USSR Council of People’s Commissars resolved to abolish rationed issue of bread, flour, and cereals.
2004: US Secretary of State Colin Powell announced that the US did not intend to strengthen its influence on Ukraine.
Dec. 8 1991: Belarus, Russia and Ukraine signed in Brest an agreement on the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS).
2004: The Times of London quoted an Austrian doctor Mykola Korpan as saying that the Ukrainian presidential candidate Viktor Yushchenko had been poisoned.
