BOSNIAN SERBS TAKE 33 UKRAINIAN U.N. TROOPS TO PALE

SARAJEVO, May 28 (Hina) - Bosnian Serbs took 33 Ukrainian UN peacekeepers to their Pale headquarters, about 20 km east of Sarajevo, early this morning. The Ukrainians had been blocked at a UN heavy weapons collection site in Ilidzda and Krivoglavci, west of the city, UN spokesman Guy Vinnet said. The UN peacekeepers were taken to Pale by bus and no details of their condition were available. Serb forces overnight blocked the last UN-guarded heavy weapons depot in Uzdojnice, a village south of Sarajevo, near the Serb Lukavica barracks. The depot was supervised by 13 Russian UN troops who were taken hostage by Serbs. Last night French UN soldiers regained full control of the Vrbanja Bridge and a UN observation post there, the scene of yesterday's fighting with Serbs. The Serbs who controlled the bridge area tried to withdraw around 2.00 hours today. A French soldier they held as a hostage managed to escape, after which Serbs opened fire at other French troops in the area. The French responded to the attack and in a short while forced the Serbs to retreat. Vinnet said that the situation at the bridge was calm. (hina) vm 281123 MET may 95