URGENT: Ukraine to draft deal with Russia on nuclear fuel by mid-July

MOSCOW, April 29 (RIA Novosti) - Kiev will draw up a long-term contract with Moscow on the supply of Russian nuclear fuel to Ukrainian nuclear power plants before July 15, the country's prime minister said on Wednesday.

"We have agreed that before July 15 we will draft and submit for discussions a long-term contract," Yulia Tymoshenko said adding that Russia and Ukraine have a contract on nuclear fuel supplies for 2009-2010.