Minister of Emergencies Volodymyr Shandra of Ukraine

Severe floods in western Ukraine have claimed the lives of 30 people and left nearly 20,000 homeless, Minister of Emergency Situations Volodymyr Shandra said Thursday.

A rescue headquarters headed by Emergency Situations Minister Volodymyr Shandra has been working on the site of the explosion since 3 a.

Industrial Minister Volodymyr Shandra said steelmakers' profit margins would slump to under 3 percent from 13 percent.

Commission Benita Ferrero-Waldner.

I think we will bring up to ten bison to the zone to raise the biological diversity of the territory, Shandra said at a press conference.

Shandra said the depots, largely filled with outdated ammunition from the Soviet era, cover an area totaling more than 370,000 acres around the country, the Ukraine government reported.

Shandra says he has submitted a proposal that would neutralize the potentially explosive sites.

We have worked out a neutralization program, and submitted it for the Cabinet of Ministers' endorsement," Shandra said in a statement.