Ukrainian police stop Russian military cargo

Afro-European · 11-03-2009, 08:16 AM

SEVASTOPOL, November 3 (RIA Novosti) - Ukrainian police in the Crimea stopped on Tuesday morning a Russian truck carrying anti-ship missiles in the fifth such incident this year.
Russia's Black Sea Fleet uses a range of naval facilities in Ukraine's Crimea, including a base in Sevastopol, as part of a 1997 lease agreement valid until 2017.
The Russian truck was taking the missiles to be decommissioned and, in accordance with safety requirements, was accompanied by two other vehicles and armed security personnel. Ukrainian traffic police demanded that it return to base, saying the Russian Black Sea fleet's actions had not been coordinated with the Ukrainian Navy.
Russian Black Sea Fleet officers who escorted the cargo maintain that they held documents allowing the transportation of missiles for decommissioning.
"For reasons unknown to us, Ukraine failed to notify the police, in particular traffic police and security service officers," a Russian Black Sea Fleet spokesman said.
The Russian officers said they would hold talks, adding that returning to the base was "senseless."
Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko has led calls for Russia to prepare to withdraw its fleet from Ukraine's territory when the agreement on the base expires, although Russia hopes to extend the lease

Nuclear_Warrior · 11-03-2009, 08:19 AM

Didn't something similar happened a couple of months ago when they stopped some military cargo vehicles with some missiles?

akhmed · 11-03-2009, 08:55 AM

yes , it was .

Derbedeu · 11-03-2009, 08:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nuclear_Warrior

Didn't something similar happened a couple of months ago when they stopped some military cargo vehicles with some missiles?

And the very first sentence of the article he posted is:

Quote:

Ukrainian police in the Crimea stopped on Tuesday morning a Russian truck carrying anti-ship missiles in the fifth such incident this year.

So to answer your question...yes.

11-03-2009, 08:16 AM	#1
Afro-European Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Amsterdam,The Netherlands Age: 25 Posts: 3,842	Ukrainian police stop Russian military cargo SEVASTOPOL, November 3 (RIA Novosti) - Ukrainian police in the Crimea stopped on Tuesday morning a Russian truck carrying anti-ship missiles in the fifth such incident this year. Russia's Black Sea Fleet uses a range of naval facilities in Ukraine's Crimea, including a base in Sevastopol, as part of a 1997 lease agreement valid until 2017. The Russian truck was taking the missiles to be decommissioned and, in accordance with safety requirements, was accompanied by two other vehicles and armed security personnel. Ukrainian traffic police demanded that it return to base, saying the Russian Black Sea fleet's actions had not been coordinated with the Ukrainian Navy. Russian Black Sea Fleet officers who escorted the cargo maintain that they held documents allowing the transportation of missiles for decommissioning. "For reasons unknown to us, Ukraine failed to notify the police, in particular traffic police and security service officers," a Russian Black Sea Fleet spokesman said. The Russian officers said they would hold talks, adding that returning to the base was "senseless." Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko has led calls for Russia to prepare to withdraw its fleet from Ukraine's territory when the agreement on the base expires, although Russia hopes to extend the lease

11-03-2009, 08:19 AM	#2
Nuclear_Warrior Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Exiled! Posts: 1,425	Didn't something similar happened a couple of months ago when they stopped some military cargo vehicles with some missiles?

11-03-2009, 08:55 AM	#3
akhmed Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 2	yes , it was .