Mass emigration has reduced the numbers of Jews, concentrated in Kyiv, Lvov and Odessa. Ukraine has reliable communications with the West, and most major cities provide IDD facilities and can be dialled from abroad. Telephone counters in the central post offices of city centres are usually open 24 hours. Facilities are good and are available in most offices and hotels. These can be sent from central post offices in large cities 24 hours a day.
Services are erratic.
Letters to Western Europe can take two weeks or more. The main post office in Kyiv is located at Khreshchatik 22 and it is open 24 hours. The most popular and lively daily is the Russian-language Kyivskiye Vedomosti . Also widely read are the liberal Nezavisimost and the parliamentary daily Holos Ukrainy . The Russian press is also widely available.