I will set up the Ukrainian edition of Wikinews tomorrow if there are no
objections.
1) There are 9 contributor pledges.
2) 5 of these contributors have made more than 200 contributions to
their Wikipedia.
3) A basic set of pages and policies has been prepared at
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/New_language_pre-launch#Ukrainian
Hopefully, the combination of these factors will contribute to a
successful launch.
All best,
Erik