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Are there any exits on the Carpathians? Also, Duga Tower seems fun! Let me know what Ukraine has to offer!

Nah, Carpathians don't have any vertical.

What Ukraine does have, is a shit load of A and B and S, mainly up to 200 meters range.

Duga is tricky and take some time to prepare and execute(depends on how much gear you are willing to risk confiscated )

E, including some bigsuit exits, are all in Crimea. Unless you count a 30 meter mine wall as an E

It was fairly easy to pull off till just a few months ago. Even few tour operators, that take people (officially) into the zone, allowed their clients to climb duga. They just looked the other way ;)
But last year there was a fatal accident... a dude from Belarus died there (non jumper). So this winter, the bottom parts of ladders of duga have been cut down (it's not super difficult to climb up without the first ladder though - just bring a climbing harness and a bit of rope for safety), and I'm sure the security now pays more attention of what's going on around the object.

B.

Tours are for fags

The trip there is half the fun!

Thank you for the info! I see now a bit more research is required

What I'm hearing you say is, "borrow a friends rig for the trip". and I think I'll leave that 30 meter "E" for someone else. Thanks guys!

There's like 10 locals here who jumped it all so not really

When I'm ready to jump it, who should I contact? It will probably be about a year before I'm out that way.

This might come as a shock, but I'm one of those locals

How is the view of Chernobyl from the top of Duga?

It's a forest. After all, soviet maps had a summer camp there as cover. Tough communist childhood