... capabilities (i.e. Bulgaria, Romania and Turkey), but would not be restricted to them, with prospects to join already offered to Ukraine and Georgia, while some Western navies would be contributing as well (in particular the US, Italian and German).[1] Taking ... ... has dramatically increased following the annexation of Crimea and the ongoing fortification of the peninsula[2]. The Russian Black Sea Fleet has been slated for modernization since late 2000s, with the induction of new surface and submarine platforms,...
... issue nevertheless critically relevant given the shape of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet. Whereas Moscow argued in favor of a replacement based on the number of the units, Kiev defended a “type to type” basis.
[16] “Russia terminates Black Sea Fleet agreements with Ukraine”, Itar-Tass, April 2, 2014.
[17] This program’s financing plan (in Russian, « Создание системы базирования Черноморского флота на территории Российской Федерации ...
... Putin terminated a serial of Russian-Ukrainian treaties on the Russian Black Sea Fleet. The Russian-Ukrainian agreement on parameters of division of the Black Sea Fleet signed on May 28, 1997, the treaty on status and terms of deployment of the Russian Black Sea Fleet in Ukraine (May 28, 1997), the treaty on mutual settlements related with division and stay of the Russian Black Sea Fleet in Ukraine (May 28, 1997) and the Kharkov agreement on stay of the Russian Black Sea Fleet on the territory of Ukraine signed on April ...
... agreement to split the assets evenly. Ships and vessels were divided between Russia and Ukraine in a ratio of 81.7%/18.3%.
On 28 May 1997, final intergovernmental agreements were signed in Kiev on the status of and terms for stationing Russia’s Black Sea Fleet on Ukraine’s territory, the Black Sea Fleet division parameters and mutual settlements stemming from the Fleet’s division and stationing of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet on Ukrainian territory.
The division of the Fleet, coupled with dramatic ...
