Ukrainian warships caused a stir under the Crimean bridge

Two Ukrainian warships - the search and rescue vessel Donbass and the sea tug Korets - completed the passage of the Kerch Strait and entered the Sea of ​​Azov. The ships passed under the Crimean Bridge and headed to Berdyansk. They will become part of the naval base of the Ukrainian fleet in Azov, writes TJournal.

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The Russian Federation abandoned more than 10 of the FSB and the Black Sea Fleet and aircraft to escort two ships of the Naval Forces of Ukraine.

According to the provisions of the 2003 treaty, the Sea of ​​Azov is an internal sea of ​​two countries (Ukraine and the Russian Federation). This document separately stipulates that military and civilian ships under “their” (Ukrainian and Russian) flags can freely pass through the Kerch Strait.

The Ukrainian side did not warn the Russian Federation about its intention to transfer military vessels to the Sea of ​​Azov; only in the evening the press service of the Ukrainian Navy reported that the Donbass and Korets had been sent to carry out a combat mission to ensure the safety of the construction of a new naval base in the Sea of ​​Azov. It is assumed that combat boats of the Ukrainian Ukrainian Armed Forces will be based at this base, which will be used to escort Ukrainian and international ships and prevent them from being inspected by Russian law enforcement agencies.

Naval Forces of Ukraine

The FSB regards such actions of the Ukrainian military as “the entry of two ships of the Ukrainian Navy into the exclusive economic space of the Russian Federation.” According to FSB representatives, escort vessels were sent to the ships.

Ukrainian ships are expected to arrive at their destination on September 24. Now they are guarded by two naval combat vessels and the American reconnaissance aircraft Boeing RC-135V.

Let us note that the Ukrainian authorities intend to build a naval base of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Sea of ​​Azov by the end of 2018. As Lieutenant General of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Vasily Bogdan said in an interview with the Ukrainian publication Observer, the creation of a naval base on the Sea of ​​Azov “will force Russia to make concessions.”

“Ukraine will be able to create an appropriate structure in the form of this naval base, which will be a serious opponent of Russia in the Sea of ​​Azov, and will lead to the fact that our aggressive, terrorist neighbor will be forced to make concessions, sit down at the negotiating table, and in the context of those “The Minsk agreements and international law will resolve the issues that exist,” said the Ukrainian military man, emphasizing that the Russian Federation “must get out of Crimea and Donbass.”

At the same time, General Bogdan admitted that the Russian Navy is much stronger than the Ukrainian Navy. However, in his opinion, because of the shallow water on the Azov Sea, the Russian Navy will not be able to use its ships at full power, but the Ukrainian boats, on the contrary, will be able to reach their potential.

He added that Ukraine is actively supported by the United States.

“There are agreements with the American side to strengthen our defense capabilities at sea and in the air. The Americans are already providing us with two Island-type military boats, and I believe that they will be deployed in the Sea of ​​Azov,” he said.

In Russia, they criticize the actions of Ukraine. Writes Газета.ру, First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Defense Alexander Sherin called Ukraine’s intention to create a naval base in the Sea of ​​Azov “utopian.”

“It’s a shame that our brothers continue to go crazy. This is not serious. The depth in the Sea of ​​Azov is from 7 to 14 meters. That is, it does not allow us to have any serious warships here, much less submarines,” he said.

Let us recall that on January 20, 1991, a referendum was held in Sevastopol, in which 97% of residents were in favor of “the status of Sevastopol - the main base of the Black Sea Fleet, a city of union-republican subordination.” In 1995, after many years of friction and conflict at the highest level, the presidents of Russia and Ukraine Boris Yeltsin and Leonid Kuchma signed an Agreement on the separate basing of the Russian Black Sea Fleet of Russia and the Ukrainian Navy.

In 1997, the basing of the Russian Black Sea Fleet in Sevastopol was secured by the Treaty of Friendship. June 12 The historic St. Andrew’s flag was raised on the ships of the Russian Black Sea Fleet. Russia rented a base in Ukraine in Sevastopol, paying about $ 1997 million annually. The payments were made by repaying part of the state debt of Ukraine by Russia.

However, in 2014, Russia annexed the Ukrainian Crimea, thereby violating all agreements between the two countries.

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