Another Ukrainian peacekeeper has died in Iraq. The body of Colonel Roman Serednytskyi was found on Sunday in Baghdad in his accommodation, reports the "Ukrainian Service of the BBC". \n \nAccording to the preliminary conclusions of Iraqi medics, the cause of death of the Ukrainian officer could have been a heart attack. He became the 18th Ukrainian soldier to die in Iraq. The Ukrainian Ministry of Defense ordered an investigation into the circumstances of Colonel Serednytskyi's death. \n \nDefense Minister Anatolii Hrytsenko expressed confidence that the issue of withdrawing the Ukrainian contingent from Iraq will be resolved this year, and named June or October as possible times for the withdrawal. \n \nEarlier, President Viktor Yushchenko promised that Ukrainian soldiers would be withdrawn from Iraq by the end of the year. Currently, approximately 1,600 Ukrainian peacekeepers are in Iraq, deployed in Wasit province.