Russia redeploys ships of Baltic and Northern fleets to Sevastopol, violates agreement with Ukraine

KYIV, March 3 /Ukrinform/. Russia has violated the requirements of an agreement with Ukraine on the stationing of the Russian Black Sea Fleet in Ukraine by redeploying ships from other fleets to Sevastopol, the media liaisons office of the administration of the State Border Service of Ukraine has said in a statement on the situation in Crimea.

"There are active movements of ships of the Russian Navy in the Black Sea entering and leaving the port of Sevastopol. These are the ships of both the Black Sea Fleet, the Baltic Fleet and the Northern Fleet of Russia, which is a violation of the requirements of the agreement between Ukraine and the Russian Federation on the stationing of the Black Sea Fleet on Ukrainian territory," reads the statement.

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