VOA Chinese, Apr 8, 2014
www.voachinese.com/content/china-ukraine-20140409/1889608.html
(官方的俄罗斯报报道说,中国正同乌克兰接触寻求购买R-36M2洲际战略导弹技术。这种战略导弹被北约称为SS-18 在第聂伯罗彼得罗夫斯克市,乌克兰著名的南方机械厂--苏联时代研发--生产。俄罗斯外交部已对乌克兰试图输出遭禁止的导弹技术表达关注。但分析人士认为,乌克兰不太可能违反国际条约向中国出售导弹技术,俄罗斯故意抛出有关消息别有用心)
Note:
(a) R-36 (missile)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R-36_(missile)
(In service 1967–present; Manufacturer Yuzhny Machine-Building Plant)
(b) Yuzhmash
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuzhmash
([full English name] AM Makarov Yuzhny Machine-Building Plant, or [English shorthand] PA Yuzhmash; Ukraine and Russia: literally, Production Association Southern Machine-Building Plant named after AM Makarov; a large state-owned company located in Dnipropetrovsk)
Compare Yuzhne
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuzhne
(Ukrainian, whose former spelling of the same language was "Yuzhny, translated as 'southern' n. adj."; a port city in Ukraine)
(c) Dnipropetrovsk
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dnipropetrovsk
(The city is built mainly upon the both banks of the [river] Dnieper, at its confluence with the Samara River)
This is the Ukraine spelling of the city name, while that of Russian: Dnepropetrovsk (the difference is a single letter: i and e).
In the the vein, The river name Dnieper (in English) is "Dnepr in Russian, Dnipro in Ukrainian."
For the spellings, see Welcome to Dnipropetrovsk!
gorod.dp.ua/eng/
("The old fortress settlement has existed since the middle of the 16th century. The new town was founded in 1776 by the Russian Prince, Potemkin by order of Catherine II, Empress of the Russian Empire and was called Yekaterinoslav (Ekaterinoslav) from 1776 to 1926") |