Vessels of the RF Black Sea Fleet parade near Sevastopol, Crimea.
Photo: Andrei Makhonin
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Kiev Decision on the RF Black Sea Fleet Withdrawal Not to Affect Combat Capacity
The decision of Kiev to elaborate a bill, whereby Russia’s-Ukrainian agreements on the RF Black Sea Fleet’s deployment in Crimea will expire in 2017 hasn’t affected combat training and capacity of the fleet, Igor Dygalo, who heads the Information Service at the RF Navy, told RIA Novosti.
Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko committed the government to elaborate a bill, whereby Russia’s-Ukrainian agreements on deployment of the RF Black Sea Fleet in Ukraine will expire in 2017.
“The main thing for the Black Sea Fleet today is to accomplish the missions defined by the combat training plans, which it is doing with honor, solving the tasks of strengthening combat capacity and maintaining technical readiness of the forces at the high level,” Dygalo said.
The Black Sea Fleet command has all necessary legal base to arrange full-value combat training of the fleet. Those are the basic agreements sealed by Russia and Ukraine and ratified by parliaments of both countries, Dygalo reminded.
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