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TASS: Russia - Russian naval base resumes in Crimea
December 21, 13:11 UTC+3
The headquarters are in Sevastopol, where until March 19 were the headquarters of the Ukrainian Navy

SEVASTOPOL, December 21. /TASS/. The Crimean naval base, a part of the Black Sea Fleet until 1996, is reconstituted fully, a representative of the Black Sea Fleet’s headquarters told reporters on Sunday.

"The headquarters are in Sevastopol, where until March 19 were the headquarters of the Ukrainian Navy. The head is Captain Yuri Zemsky who previously was commander of a Navy division in the Mediterranean Sea," the representative said.

"The new units have joined the group of forces to provide coverage from the Black Sea from enemy’s ships.".

Crimea's accession to Russia
The Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol, a city with a special status on the Crimean Peninsula, where most residents are Russians, refused to recognize the legitimacy of authorities brought to power amid riots during a coup in Ukraine in February 2014.

Crimea and Sevastopol adopted declarations of independence on March 11. They held a referendum on March 16, in which 96.77% of Crimeans and 95.6% of Sevastopol voters chose to secede from Ukraine and join the Russian Federation. Russian President Vladimir Putin signed the reunification deals March 18.

In the Soviet Union, Crimea used to be part of Russia until 1954, when Nikita Khrushchev, the first secretary of the USSR’s Communist Party, transferred it to Ukraine's jurisdiction as a gift.

Work to integrate the Crimean Peninsula into Russia’s economic, financial, credit, legal, state power, military conscription and infrastructure systems is actively underway now that Crimea has accessed to the Russian Federation.

Despite Moscow’s repeated statements that the Crimean referendum on secession from Ukraine was in line with the international law and the UN Charter and in conformity with the precedent set by Kosovo’s secession from Serbia in 2008, the West and Kiev have refused to recognize the legality of Crimea’s reunification with Russia.
 
After 9 months, they JUST resumed? o_O
they had a presence under a treaty but most of the bases were Ukrainian.. I think this means all previous Ukie bases are now flying the Russian flag and working under a unified Russian command. It would take a few months to work out all the logistics for such a transition.

@vostok , I know they shipped a lot of tanks/apcs back to Ukraine after the Crimean ascension but I wonder about the naval ships, were they finally allowed to sail out or were those assets also absorbed into the Russian Black sea fleet ?

watch from 6:14
 
they had a presence under a treaty but most of the bases were Ukrainian.. I think this means all previous Ukie bases are now flying the Russian flag and working under a unified Russian command. It would take a few months to work out all the logistics for such a transition.

@vostok , I know they shipped a lot of tanks/apcs back to Ukraine after the Crimean ascension but I wonder about the naval ships, were they finally allowed to sail out or were those assets also absorbed into the Russian Black sea fleet ?

watch from 6:14
Several ships went to Ukraine, but the rest became part of the Russian fleet.
Ukraine for some reasons (most likely due to pressure from the West), rejected Russia the right to modernize the Black Sea Fleet. However, now this problem solved.
 
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The Crimean naval base that operated as part of the Russian Black Sea Fleet until 1996 was revived as a separate unit at the beginning of December, Interfax-AVN was told at the fleet's headquarters on Sunday.

"The revived naval unit has been operational since December 1. Its headquarters is located in Sevastopol in the place where the Ukrainian Navy used to have its headquarters until March 19. The new large unit is led by Capt. 1st Rank Yuri Zemsky who used to be the commander of a naval task group in the Mediterranean," the spokesman said.

Crimean naval base restored as part of Russian Black Sea Fleet | Russia Beyond The Headlines

Just having one question , can anyone ?

So all the Ukrainian naval ships are now under the control of Russian Federation ?
 
photo's or its fake.


Russia has modern ships, not Ukraine's obsolete Soviet era ships.

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Superboy said:
scrapped because obsolete

photo's or its fake.(what ships Russia or even Ukraine has is irrelevant)
Where are the pics of Ukrainian navy ships scrapped by RUssians because obsolete?
 
photo's or its fake.(what ships Russia or even Ukraine has is irrelevant)
Where are the pics of Ukrainian navy ships scrapped by RUssians because obsolete?


Ukraine has 0 ship, 0 sub.
 
Ukraine has 0 ship, 0 sub.
Wrong (as usual).

Krivak frigate: U-130 Hetman Sahaydachniy in Odessa under the Ukrainian flag since March 5 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukrainian_frigate_Hetman_Sahaydachniy_(U130)
Grisha ASW corvette: U-206 Vinnytsia was returned to the Ukrainian Navy from Crimea on April 19, 2014 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinnytsia_(U206)
Matka missile boat: U-153 Pryluky was returned to the Ukrainian Navy from Crimea on May 7, 2014 and is currently in Odessa.
Polocny LST: U-401 Kirovohrad returned to the Ukrainian Navy from Crimea on April 19, 2014

Try Google Maps or Google Earth > Odessa, Ukraine. You'll see in that port the Krivak, Grisha, Matka and Polocny type ships, plus a variety of smaller vessels, including 1 project 1241.2 'Pauk' ASW ship (either U207 “Uzhhorod” (ex-MPK-93) or U208 ”Khmelnytsky"), 2 Project 205P "Stenka" ASW patrol boats and 4 light patrol boats (Zhuk type?) . Those smaller vessels are former navy ships inducted into the Sea Guard. The image date is 7/2014

If you Google Earth to Novoozerne (Southern Naval Base), you see a single Grisha corvette and a single Pauk corvette, but that image is from summer 2013. There are plenty Ukrainian ships as well as Russian ships visible at Sebastopol (image from may 2014)

Meanwhile, still no pics of former Ukrainian ships being scrapped by the Russians.....
 
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Wrong (as usual).

Krivak frigate: U-130 Hetman Sahaydachniy in Odessa under the Ukrainian flag since March 5 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukrainian_frigate_Hetman_Sahaydachniy_(U130)
Grisha ASW corvette: U-206 Vinnytsia was returned to the Ukrainian Navy from Crimea on April 19, 2014 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinnytsia_(U206)
Matka missile boat: U-153 Pryluky was returned to the Ukrainian Navy from Crimea on May 7, 2014 and is currently in Odessa.
Polocny LST: U-401 Kirovohrad returned to the Ukrainian Navy from Crimea on April 19, 2014

Try Google Maps or Google Earth > Odessa, Ukraine. You'll see in that port the Krivak, Grisha, Matka and Polocny type ships, plus a variety of smaller vessels, including 1 project 1241.2 'Pauk' ASW ship (either U207 “Uzhhorod” (ex-MPK-93) or U208 ”Khmelnytsky"), 2 Project 205P "Stenka" ASW patrol boats and 4 light patrol boats (Zhuk type?) . Those smaller vessels are former navy ships inducted into the Sea Guard.

Meanwhile, still no pics of former Ukrainian ships being scrapped by the Russians.....


Pictures or Ukraine has 0 ship, 0 sub. Ukraine used no ship this year even as rebels were taking over the coast. Therefore, by logic, Ukraine has 0 ship.
 
Pictures or Ukraine has 0 ship, 0 sub. Ukraine used no ship this year even as rebels were taking over the coast. Therefore, by logic, Ukraine has 0 ship.
Lame. Since you started demanding pics, you cannot now get away with 'just' logic (besides it not being relevant here) . Essentially you got busted. Be a man about it. Where are your pics of the scrapped ships?

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Odessa

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Arrows left to right: 1x Matka, 1x Krivak, 1x Grisha,1x Polocny, 4x patrol craft, 1x Pauk, 2x Stenka
(image date: July 2nd, 2014)

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Sebastopol, south side. If you inspect Pivdenna bay, you'll find that on May19th, 2014 (date of image) most taken Ukrainian ships were still present. This includes a pair of Grisha's, a single Pauk and smaller craft. You also see a range of non-operational ships, including some 4 large minesweepers, a pair of subs and a docked sub (in Pivdenna bay) and a second Krivak frigate and a Polocny in floating dock and a Nanuchka in a second dock next to it (outside of Pivdenna bay, to the east, top right in this pic) . Major russian surface units (Slava class cruiser, Krivak frigate, Kara cruiser (Kerch?), Udaloy destroyer, Balzam AGI) on the north bank, a Kilo and a Molnya FAC and supply ships (all presumably Russian) directly opposite on the South bank (2/3 to the right, smaller bay at top of pic)
 
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