KIEV, July 27 – Ukraine’s State Space Agency has proposed that the government extend the state program for the disposal of solid rocket fuel from SS-24 intercontinental ballistic missiles at Pavlohrad Chemical Plant (Dnipropetrovsk region).

The agency said the decision had been approved by the presidium of its scientific and technical council.

"The creation of only two out of the eleven pilot facilities for the disposal of solid rocket fuel has currently been completed due to the lack of budget funds - a facility for the hydraulic clearing of fuel and an interim storage facility," the agency said.