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### Viewing cable 10KYIV168, UKRAINE: LOW PROFILE FOR SECURITY ISSUES IN THE

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10KYIV168 | 2010-01-29 13:01 | 2010-12-01 21:09 | CONFIDENTIAL | Embassy Kyiv
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    C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 01 OF 03 KYIV 000168

    SIPDIS

    E.O. 12958: DECL: 01/28/2020
    TAGS: PREL PGOV MARR UP
    SUBJECT: UKRAINE: LOW PROFILE FOR SECURITY ISSUES IN THE
    ELECTION CAMPAIGN

    REF: A. KYIV 0107
    ¶B. KYIV 0128

    Classified By: Ambassador John F. Tefft, Reason 1.4 (b,d)

    ¶1. (C) Summary. In contrast to the 2004 elections, issues of
    national security and defense remain notable by their absence
    in this year's presidential campaign. Ukrainians are focused
    on the economic crisis and the election's potential for
    reconfiguring Ukraine's political power relationships. All
    candidates have supported a transition to a professional army
    and the abolition of compulsory military service, but it was
    not until the final days of the first round that opposition
    leader Yanukovich and Prime Minister Tymoshenko elaborated
    much detail in their positions. Several candidates said that
    traditional European security and political structures have
    exhausted their potential. Only third place finisher Tihipko
    and President Yushchenko regularly highlighted strategic and
    foreign policy issues in their public statements. Anatoliy
    Hrytsenko, a former Minister of Defense and head of the Rada
    Defense Committee, appeared in fatigues in his campaign
    posters, but his low-profile campaign hardly registered with
    voters. End Summary.

    Geopolitical and Security Issues Largely Absent
    --------------------------------------------- --

    ¶2. (C) Throughout the campaign period, candidates presented
    national security largely in terms of economic and social
    security. Matters of international security, defense and
    regional stability generally received only broad formulaic
    attention and generated little public debate. Political
    analysts with whom we spoke lamented the low profile of these
    issues.

    ¶3. (C) Director of the xxxxx told us that, with the European and
    global security landscape in greater flux and uncertainty -
    including due to Russia's reassertion of its political
    ambitions and world view - attention of the candidates to
    defense and security concepts is critical. Yet "no one," she
    said, was talking about them, just at the moment when they
    matter most.

    ¶4. (C) xxxxx and xxxxx, Director of the xxxxx, each pointed
    out that Ukraine will not receive NATO or EU membership over
    the next 5-7 years or longer. However, the course of
    European security will be shaped during this period. Now is
    the time for Ukrainians to care, they assert. According to
    xxxxx (and backer
    of President Yushchenko), the problem is simple voter apathy
    toward anything other than the scandal-oriented political
    commentary and debate that has marked post-Orange Revolution
    Ukraine.

    Yanukovych
    ----------

    ¶5. (C) Viktor Yanukovych's campaign, like Party of Regions'
    legislative agenda over the past few years, focused primarily
    on domestic social welfare and economic/business issues. His
    defense platform cited "defense reform", transition to a
    professional force and abolition of compulsory service,
    military right-sizing -- in line with Ukraine's "economic
    potential" rather than resulting from review or analysis of
    threats and opportunities -- and social benefits for military
    academy graduates.

    ¶6. (C) Yanukovych pledges a non-aligned Ukraine -- a member
    of neither NATO nor the CSTO -- within a multipolar "new
    world order". In a private discussion with Ambassador Tefft,
    Yanukovych held open the prospect of continued military
    cooperation with NATO and spoke of cooperation with Ukraine's
    military industrial sector. In another conversation with
    Ambassador Tefft(ref A), Yanukovych spoke of resetting
    relations with Russia but continuing to build ties with
    Washington. Yanukovych has stated publicly (and privately to
    us) that the future of the Black Sea Fleet would be decided
    in a way that would satisfy both Ukrainian and Russian
    interests, while protecting Ukrainian economic interests.
    Yanukovych's advisors tell us he would be open to extending
    the Black Sea Fleet's lease in Sevastopol if Russia offered
    attractive terms, with substantially increased rent.

    Tymoshenko
    ----------

    ¶7. (SBU) Yuliya Tymoshenko's official campaign platform only
    went so far as to promise to cancel conscription, moving to a
    professional army based on contract "principles," and to

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    allocate "sufficient material, equipment, and finances" to
    "strengthen (Ukraine's) combat power." Tymoshenko has
    subsequently claimed that the Armed Forces receive adequate
    funding. Her foreign policy views have focused on economic
    policy, achieving European living standards with EU
    membership to follow, with only a succinct note that there
    will be "friendly relations" with Russia and the CIS, and any
    collective security arrangements will be decided by
    referendum.

    ¶8. (SBU) In summing up her positions with the press on the
    eve of elections January 14, Tymoshenko pledged that under
    her leadership Ukraine would join the EU in five years, and
    achieve an Association Agreement and Free Trade Agreement by
    the end of 2010. She also said that the future of the Black
    Sea Fleet "will be determined in strict accordance with the
    Ukrainian Constitution." She took a position categorically
    against recognition of South Ossetia and Abkhazia as
    independent nations. Outside the context of campaign
    stumping, Tymoshenko has consistently emphasized the
    importance of Ukraine's participation in the EU's defense
    policy. With public support for NATO at only about 20
    percent, Tymoshenko largely avoided mention of NATO in the
    campaign.

    Serhiy Tihipko
    --------------

    ¶9. (C) Serhiy Tihipko is the come-from-behind candidate who
    moved into third place, garnering 13% of the vote on January
    ¶17. Meeting with the Ambassador on January 21 (ref A),
    Tihipko said Ukrainian public opinion is not ready for NATO
    membership. He advocated vigorous MoD engagement with NATO
    and adoption of NATO standards, and said MoD should focus on
    improving its capacity "to the maximum", but political
    leaders should avoid talk of NATO membership.

    ¶10. (C) Tihipko said that as long as the current leaders rule
    in Russia, NATO membership will be impossible for Ukraine.
    The Kremlin would unleash a fifth column and destabilize the
    country if membership were close. Tihipko's campaign rhetoric
    has been clear that Ukraine "should give up (its) intentions
    to become a NATO member" and "stop wasting (its) time trying
    to secure NATO membership."

    ¶11. (C) Throughout his campaign, Tihipko voiced a pragmatic
    approach to Urkainian foreign and security policy that
    emphasized a constructive role for the country based on its
    own national economic interests, and rejected existential
    debates about political allegiance to Europe or Russia. He
    used that perspective to advocate more clearly and frequently
    his vision of an independent Ukraine acting rationally and
    independently on the world stage than any other candidate,
    save Yushchenko.

    ¶12. (SBU) Tihipko sees a clear role for Ukraine's
    military-industrial complex in Ukraine's economic recovery
    and in creating the strong military he believes is needed "to
    protect the peace." Ukraine needs to win respect in its
    foreign policy, including a "reboot" of relations with Russia
    (to be achieved in particular through joint
    military-industrial projects). Ukraine requires a new
    military doctrine based on the "threats and realities of the
    modern world," and a professional army effectively trained at
    all levels with an effective reserve corps. Tihipko has
    strongly criticized Ukrainian deployment to ISAF, saying that
    Ukraine has "no use for this war." He has argued that "the
    U.S. and its allies are defeated" in Afghanistan.

    Lytvyn and Hrytsenko
    -----------------

    ¶13. (C) Some expected former Minister of Defense and head of
    the Rada Defense Committee Anatoliy Hrytsenko, after a series
    of campaign ads featuring himself in camouflage gear, to
    continue with his normally pro-NATO, pro-Western rhetoric.
    On the contrary, Hrytsenko's campaign was a low-profile
    grass-roots effort that focused on the economic and political
    issues more immediate to the electorate. Nevertheless,
    Hrytsenko's campaign materials made it clear that he believed
    Ukraine must be prepared to "go it alone" without NATO or the
    EU in the near term. In his post-election meeting with the
    Ambassador on January 22 (ref B), he predicted that
    cooperation with NATO would continue, but Ukraine would not
    be able to be a particularly effective partner.

    ¶14. (SBU) Speaker of the Rada Volodymyr Lytvyn early on took
    the position that Ukraine should stop seeking NATO
    membership, as the issue divides the nation. Furthermore, he
    urged that the Russian Black Sea Fleet remain in Ukraine

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    after 2017 as a guarantor of Ukrainian security. Neither
    candidate polled well with voters, however.

    The Importance of Military Technical Cooperation
    --------------------------------------------- ---

    ¶15. (C) Prominent Ukrainian xxxxxxxxxxxx
    argues that while security issues did not play a role
    in the election campaign, the candidates are keenly sensitive
    to the condition of and fading economic potential of
    Ukraine's aging military-industrial complex. In his view,
    Ukraine's strategic orientation will be most greatly
    influenced by offers of tangible cooperation in the aftermath
    of the elections, regardless of the ultimate winner. Russia,
    he said brings so much more to the table in terms of
    long-term deals, purchases, sales, technology transfer,
    compatibility and interoperability, and the ability to
    revitalize Ukraine's military-industrial complex. Practical
    ties are what will decide Ukraine's future allegiances. NATO
    is a theoretical concept, and all politicians have come to
    agree that Ukraine needs the capacity for independent
    defense.

    Comment
    -------

    ¶16. (C) Until the final days of the campaign, issues of
    foreign and security policy were rarely raised by the press
    or brought to the fore by the majority of the presidential
    candidates. Nonetheless, the 2010 election is likely to mark
    a shift in the country's longer-term strategic orientation
    from the path laid out by Yushchenko in 2005. To the extent
    that the candidates have commented on the strategic future
    for Ukraine, the emphasis has been on achieving some sort of
    balance that will be acceptable to Moscow.
    Tefft

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