Showing posts with label navy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label navy. Show all posts
Monday, 15 February 2010
Yuschenko approves new Ukrainian team of Black Sea Fleet subcommittee
Kyiv, February 15 - Ukrainian President Viktor Yuschenko has approved the new composition of the Ukrainian part of the Ukrainian-Russian interstate commission's subcommittee for operation of the Russian Black Sea Fleet and its deployment on the territory of Ukraine. Yuschenko signed a relevant decree on Monday, the presidential press service reported.First Deputy Foreign Minister Volodymyr Khandohy replaced former Deputy Foreign Minister Yuriy Kostenko (who was appointed Ukraine's Ambassador to China) as chairman of the Ukrainian part of the subcommittee. Head of one of the Foreign Ministry's branches Leonid Tretiak replaced Yevhen Tsymbaliuk as secretary of the Ukrainian part of the subcommittee.Other new members of the commission include First Deputy Minister of Regional Development and Construction Serhiy Dorotych, expert of the foreign policy department of the National Security and Defense Council Volodymyr Kvasiuk, deputy head of Sevastopol City State Administration Oleksandr Klimov, Deputy Finance Minister Andriy Kravets, Deputy Justice Minister Valeria Lutkovska, Director of Foreign Ministry's Arms Control and Military-Technical Cooperation Department Oleksandr Nykonenko, deputy chief of the Security Service of Ukraine Anatoliy Pavlenko, Deputy Chairman of the Crimean Council of Ministers Vitaliy Stadnyk, deputy minister of transport and communications Mikhailo Chubay, Acting Deputy Head of the State Property Fund Oleh Shmuliar and first deputy chief of the State Ecological Inspectorate Ihor Yakovlev.The Ukrainian part of subcommittee on the functioning of the Russian Black Sea Fleet consists of 31 people.
Tuesday, 23 June 2009
Ukraine Military Says Sea Breeze-2009 Exercise Called Off
KIEV, Ukraine -- There will be no Sea Breeze naval exercises with NATO forces in Ukraine's Crimea this summer, a source in the Ukrainian Navy command said on Monday.
A military exercise with the participation of foreign troops requires parliamentary permission, but the Ukrainian parliament has refused to even consider the matter.The source said the U.S. military command had informed Ukraine last week that the Ukrainian-U.S. naval exercise would not take place this year.Sea Breeze-2009 was due to be conducted in July.Sea Breeze exercises have been held annually in the Crimea since 1997, and have been subject to occasionally violent anti-NATO protests in recent years.Last year's Sea Breeze drills saw protesters set up camps along the Black Sea coast, and reportedly attempt to prevent foreign warships, participating in the exercises, from leaving the port of Odessa.
A military exercise with the participation of foreign troops requires parliamentary permission, but the Ukrainian parliament has refused to even consider the matter.The source said the U.S. military command had informed Ukraine last week that the Ukrainian-U.S. naval exercise would not take place this year.Sea Breeze-2009 was due to be conducted in July.Sea Breeze exercises have been held annually in the Crimea since 1997, and have been subject to occasionally violent anti-NATO protests in recent years.Last year's Sea Breeze drills saw protesters set up camps along the Black Sea coast, and reportedly attempt to prevent foreign warships, participating in the exercises, from leaving the port of Odessa.
Sunday, 18 January 2009
Russia denies naval bases report
The Russian navy has denied a report that it plans to establish naval bases in Libya, Syria and Yemen.
An unnamed official from the navy was quoted by the Russian state news agency Itar-Tass saying bases would be set up "within a few years".
A senior naval official, quoted by another agency, Interfax, said the report did "not correspond to reality".
However, a separate official confirmed that the Russian navy was on the lookout for overseas bases.
"It is premature to name any countries as possible locations for naval bases," said the official from the office of the military's chief of staff.
But he said "at the same time we support the position of the navy on the necessity of the creation of bases abroad".
Russia has poured more money into its military in recent years, after years of post-communist decline.
Expanding presence
Russian media reported that Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi offered Russia a naval base in Benghazi when he visited Moscow last November.
And analysts have said that the Syrian port of Tartus,a crimeajewel of the eastern mediterranean used by the Soviet navy in the Cold War, could be revived as a Russian base, the Reuters news agency reported.
Russia has only one naval base operating in a foreign country - in Sevastopol in Ukraine. But Ukraine's president has made clear he would like that closed when Russia's lease is up in 2017.
The Russian navy has been expanding its presence on the world stage.
It held joint exercises with the Venezuelan navy last month, and visited Cuba.
It has also been taking part in the international effort to combat piracy in the waters off Somalia.
An unnamed official from the navy was quoted by the Russian state news agency Itar-Tass saying bases would be set up "within a few years".
A senior naval official, quoted by another agency, Interfax, said the report did "not correspond to reality".
However, a separate official confirmed that the Russian navy was on the lookout for overseas bases.
"It is premature to name any countries as possible locations for naval bases," said the official from the office of the military's chief of staff.
But he said "at the same time we support the position of the navy on the necessity of the creation of bases abroad".
Russia has poured more money into its military in recent years, after years of post-communist decline.
Expanding presence
Russian media reported that Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi offered Russia a naval base in Benghazi when he visited Moscow last November.
And analysts have said that the Syrian port of Tartus,a crimeajewel of the eastern mediterranean used by the Soviet navy in the Cold War, could be revived as a Russian base, the Reuters news agency reported.
Russia has only one naval base operating in a foreign country - in Sevastopol in Ukraine. But Ukraine's president has made clear he would like that closed when Russia's lease is up in 2017.
The Russian navy has been expanding its presence on the world stage.
It held joint exercises with the Venezuelan navy last month, and visited Cuba.
It has also been taking part in the international effort to combat piracy in the waters off Somalia.
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