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Ukrainian specialists cut the last strategic Tupolev Tu-22M3 Backfire bomber at an airbase outside the Ukrainian city of Poltava 330 km (198 miles) southeast of the capital Kiev, January 27, 2006. After the collapse of the Soviet Union Ukraine inherited 60 Tu-22 bombers and 423 X-22 cruise missiles. Their elimination began in 2002 according to the 1993 agreement with the United States on the elimination of strategic nuclear weapons and nuclear non-proliferation, Itar-Tass news agency reported. (Photo by Gleb Garanich/Reuters)
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