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1. Defense Minister Yurii Yekhanurov (on the right)		2. (right to left) Ukrainian Naval Commander Vice Admiral Ihor Teniukh, Defense Minister Yurii Yekhanurov, head of the Sea Operation Center of the Ukrainian Navy captain II rank Denys Berezovskyi		3. (right to left) Ukrainian Naval Commander Vice Admiral Ihor Teniukh, Defense Minister Yurii Yekhanurov, head of the Sea Operation Center of the Ukrainian Navy captain II rank Denys Berezovskyi
4. fighter aircraft of the aviation brigade of tactic aviation in Crimea, Sevastopol		5. fighter aircraft of the aviation brigade of tactic aviation in Crimea, Sevastopol		6. Ukrainian naval ships
7. Ukrainian naval ships		8. Ukrainian naval ships		9. Ukrainian naval flag
10. Ukrainian naval ships		11. Ukrainian naval ships		12. Ukrainian naval ships
13. assault ship of the Ukrainian Black Sea fleet deployed in Sevastopol		14. Ukrainian naval ships		15. Ukrainian naval ships
16. Ukrainian naval flag		17. monument to drowned ships in Sevastopol

The Ministry of Defense is ready to send a peacekeeping contingent to Georgia.

Defense Minister Yurii Yekhanurov announced this on Breeze TV.

"If a decision is passed, we are ready to fulfill this task. But the decision is necessary first," the minister said.

He added that Ukraine has big experience in peacekeeping operations as more than 37,000 Ukrainian servicemen have participated in peacekeeping missions at different time.

Yekhanurov added that today 600 Ukrainians participate in peacekeeping missions.

As Ukrainian News earlier reported, Ukraine is ready to consider the issue of sending its peacekeepers to Georgia after the format of their international presence is determined.

On the night of August 7-8, Georgian troops held mass attack on the capital of South Ossetia, Tskhinvali, after Georgian authorities had blamed separatists from South Ossetia for launching several attacks on peaceful populace and peacekeeping troops in several villages near Tskhinvali.

South Ossetia asked Russia for help.

Russia brought its troops to South Ossetia and started armed confrontation with the Georgian troops.

Ukraine called on Russia to withdraw its troops from Georgia and proposed to send an international peacekeeping contingent to South Ossetia.