New bases and air defense on each Cape. Reuters wrote about the increasing forces of the Russian Federation in the Crimea
New bases and air defense on each Cape. Reuters wrote about the increasing forces of the Russian Federation in the Crimea
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Military facility of the Russian Federation, Feodosiya
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, The Russian military base in Perevalnoye
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Military facility of the Russian Federation, Feodosiya
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The journalist counted on the Peninsula are at least 18 military installations.
Russia is increasing militarization of the occupied Crimea, the Peninsula building new military bases and placing air defense system.
This is stated in the investigation of Reuters.
The Agency a week travelling around the Peninsula and only during this time there were 18 military facilities, including naval bases, radar stations and airfields. Some of them were brand new, others restored old objects or are in the process of recovery.
Introduced in build the missile silos located in the green hills of the South coast. After the occupation of the Peninsula in the forests around these areas there were signs warning that it was “a restricted area of the Ministry of defense of Russia”.
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A local resident told a journalist that previously worked on a military base. Now objects again took the Russian military blocked roads leading from it. He also said that there is a functioning military base with anti-ship missiles.
In the investigation said that part of the program of military expansion, Russia is probably trying to recreate a network of radar stations on the tops of the rocky hills of the Crimea. Thanks to these stations, you can observe the Black sea and the neighboring countries-NATO members – Turkey, Bulgaria and Romania.
One of these stations, four radar located on a mountain slope near the Crimean coastal town of Feodosiya. The facility was built in Soviet times and abandoned by Ukrainian security forces. Now it was occupied by the Russian military. In July, when the Peninsula was Reuters correspondent at the radar there were two green Russian military trucks with high antennas.
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Military facility of the Russian Federation, Feodosiya
“A military facility here, the air defense system and missiles. There defense at every Cape,” said living object nearby local.
Another radar called “Dnepr” is located in the vicinity of Sevastopol. The object of Soviet times has not worked for years, but the reporter saw dozens of Russian military uniform in and around the perimeter of the base.
According to him, for three lines of the fence there are two buildings, which coincide with the archival photos, which depict the system “Dnepr”. On the roof of the building near buildings flying the flag of the Russian Federation.
The guard reported that a nearby lighthouse, which was once tourist attraction, now part of a military base and closed to the public.
Questions about a radar station in the Russian defense Ministry has not responded.
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The military forces of the Russian Federation is increasing and the village Perevalnoe at the foot of the mountain not far from Simferopol. Then Russia turns abandoned Ukrainian military facility in two new bases. In the territory of one of them in August 2016 stood hangars for equipment storage. Located near the construction site, which will turn into second base.
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, The Russian military base in Perevalnoye
According to the documents of the Ministry of defense of the Russian Federation, published on the procurement website of the Russian Federation, the base is designed for coast guard and artillery units.
Project is characterized by the inclusion of sleeping quarters for more than a thousand soldiers, houses with more than 300 apartments, an ammunition dump, hangars for more than 500 military vehicles, artillery range and dining rooms. Questions about the bases of the saddle in the defense Ministry also did not respond.
Objects which before the Russian occupation of rented from the Ukraine around Sevastopol, is now expanding. In one of the bays near the city, according to the documents on the procurement of Russian military build a training centre for divers. Here are the jetty and the runway. On the basis of the Russian security forces also did not respond.
Russia boosting air capacity. Thus, the former civil airport Belbek turned into a military airbase. The terminal building is closed, and the entrance to the base is guarded by Russian Marines, the Agency said.
Journalist seen on the tarmac heavy military transport aircraft Il-76 with the emblem of the Russian aerospace forces.
At the airport in Sochi, the reporter saw several su-30 and Sukhoi su-24. At the airport in Sochi, 40 kilometers from the border between the territorial Ukraine and the occupied Peninsula, the whole day came and went, the Russian military in blue. On the tarmac stood seven attack helicopters Mi-24.
“There were only two aircraft, when Ukraine was. View – you will see a lot more now,” said the reporter of the soldiers at the checkpoint.
The journalists ‘ questions about the airbases in the Crimea in the Russian defense Ministry also did not respond. “The self-proclaimed authorities” of the Crimea is also not commented on the situation with the buildup of military forces.