Russian warships to join Victory Day parade in Ukraine's Crimea
11/03/201019:38
SEVASTOPOL, March 11 (RIA Novosti) - Russian and Ukrainian warships will for the first time jointly take part in celebrations for the 65th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany, a spokesman for Ukraine's Black Sea port of Sevastopol said on Thursday.
He said Sevastopol Mayor Sergei Kunitsyn had discussed a preliminary plan for the Victory Day parade with Russian Black Sea Fleet Commander Vice Adm. Alexander Kletskov and Ukrainian Navy Commander Ihor Tenyukh.
Russia's Black Sea Fleet uses a range of naval facilities in Ukraine's Crimea, including its main base in Sevastopol, as part of a 1997 agreement under which Ukraine agreed to lease the bases to Russia until 2017.
The city official said Russian and Ukrainian warships would move into a special "parade formation" in Sevastopol Bay.
On land, the parade will be opened by veterans of the Great Patriotic War, to be followed by a march by Black Sea Fleet and Ukrainian Navy drummers, ships' crews and naval infantry personnel.
In all, about 2,000 Russian and Ukrainian navy personnel will take part in the parade.
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