An excavator cuts the last strategic Tupolev Tu-22M3 Backfire bomber at an airbase outside of Ukrainian town Poltava, 200 miles southeast of Kiev, January 27, 2006. Ukraine inherited from the Soviet Union 60 Tu-22 bombers and 423 X-22 cruise missiles and eliminate them according to the 1993 agreement with US on the elimination of strategic nuclear weapons and nuclear non-proliferation. (UPI Photo/Sergey Starostenko)

An excavator cuts the last strategic Tupolev Tu-22M3 Backfire bomber at an airbase outside of Ukrainian town Poltava, 200 miles southeast of Kiev, January 27, 2006. Ukraine inherited from the Soviet Union 60 Tu-22 bombers and 423 X-22 cruise missiles and eliminate them according to the 1993 agreement with US on the elimination of strategic nuclear weapons and nuclear non-proliferation. (UPI Photo/Sergey Starostenko) Stock Photo
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3000 x 2095 px | 25.4 x 17.7 cm | 10 x 7 inches | 300dpi

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27 January 2006

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SERGEY STAROSTENKO

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