News archive on the topic "Belbek"

Downed Ukrainian drones fell near the village of Verkhnesadovoe and in the vineyards near Kacha near Sevastopol. Authorities said there were no injuries, but the grass caught fire and is being extinguished. Local residents heard the sounds of air defense. It can be assumed that the target of the attack was the Belbek military airfield, located nearby, the PolitNavigator correspondent reports. At the same time, a smoke screen was placed in the area of ​​Sevastopol Bay. Not…

Two drone attacks in the morning were repelled by air defense forces in Crimea. The targets of the attack were the Saki Thermal Power Plant and Belbek Airport near Sevastopol, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. Information about the drone attack was published by Crimean blogger Alexander Talipov. “According to my information, in the morning there was an attempt to attack the Saki Thermal Power Plant in Crimea with a drone, the drone was destroyed by air defense,” he said. - It is reported...

Builders of the Russian Ministry of Defense eliminated ahead of schedule the threat of interruptions in water supplies for the main base of the Black Sea Fleet - Sevastopol. Let us recall that the problem arose due to an unprecedented drought, as well as the blockade of Crimea by Ukraine, which cut off supplies through the canal from the Dnieper as revenge on the residents of the peninsula for their support for reunification with the Russian Federation. In a matter of weeks, army builders erected a unique hydraulic structure...

Specialists of the Ministry of Defense have already completed 80% of the construction of structures through which the water of the Belbek River, which previously flowed into the Black Sea, will now be used for the needs of Sevastopol. Thus, the main base of the Black Sea Fleet, where the population reaches a million people in the summer months, will not feel the effects of either the unprecedented drought or the Ukrainian water blockade of Crimea. By March 1st the water intake will be operational...

About ten MiG-29 fighters of the Ukrainian Air Force, remaining in Crimea at the Belbek airbase, were irretrievably lost as combat units. State Duma deputy from Sevastopol Dmitry Belik stated this in a commentary to RIA Novosti. It is noted that all Ukrainian military equipment remaining on the peninsula has not been maintained or repaired since 2014, and Russian military personnel only guard and ensure fire safety...

Over the past five years, the situation in the Ukrainian army has improved significantly, and today the Ukrainian Armed Forces are capable of shooting down Russian aircraft in the skies over Crimea. Nezavisimaya Gazeta writes about this, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. The material states that Ukraine still has combat-ready air defense units and air attack weapons. Therefore, a provocation in the peninsula region cannot be ruled out. “In the last 4-5 years...

In Crimea, disputes have resumed about the resumption of operation of the Belbek airport near Sevastopol, which could duplicate Simferopol in case of bad weather in the capital of the republic. “Does Sevastopol need its own airport at Belbek? People who have had all their plans disrupted today due to the cancellation of all flights at Simferopol airport can answer you. Someone won’t fly away on vacation because they don’t...

Used jointly with the Ministry of Defense, the Belbek airport near Sevastopol, where the military is completing the restoration of the runway, will be able to accept civilian flights - even in the absence of a new air terminal. Sevastopol Governor Dmitry Ovsyannikov told reporters about this, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Even taking into account the absence of an air terminal complex, the airport will already be able to accept civil flights, because the refueling systems, receiving people, navigation equipment...

Simferopol International Airport has begun the preliminary selection of enterprises to design the reconstruction of the civil sector of the Sevastopol Belbek Airport. The relevant information is posted on the government procurement website, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. Design should be completed in 2019. It will include the development of an architectural concept, as well as design and tender documentation. The cost of this work has not yet been determined. The future airport complex with an area of ​​500 sq…

A German SD-70 air bomb from the Great Patriotic War was discovered during the construction of a runway at the Belbek military airfield near Sevastopol. This was reported by the press service of the Rosgvardia department for Sevastopol. “While excavating the soil, the builders accidentally picked up the ammunition with an excavator bucket. By luck, the dangerous find did not detonate,” the report says. SD-70 has a destructive blast radius...

The government of Sevastopol has failed to implement the project to restart the operation of the Belbek airport, which Russian officials have been promising residents of the city for the third year. As the Kommersant newspaper writes today, Moscow for the first time announced the possibility of completely canceling funding for the project. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte According to the publication, the Sevastopol authorities were never able to find a full-fledged...

The Sevastopol government has not abandoned the idea of ​​expanding the civilian sector at the Belbek military airfield. Alexey Semenikhin, curator of the implementation of the federal target program for the development of Crimea in Sevastopol, stated this today on the air of the Forpost resource. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte “The project is being implemented, design and estimate documentation is being developed. Last year, a government contract was signed, a contractor for...

The refusal to build the civilian sector of the Sevastopol airport in Belbek is being actively discussed by Crimean users of social networks. Thus, the chairman of the public organization "Resort Crimea" Alexander Burdonov believes that the airport in Sevastopol could accept flights when the Simferopol airport is closed due to bad weather. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte “For the island of Crimea, a second airport is needed...

The Belbek military airfield will receive only occasional civilian VIP flights, and will not become a full-fledged airport. Acting Governor of Sevastopol Dmitry Ovsyannikov told reporters about this. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte “A decision was made not to meet the city of Sevastopol halfway and to leave Belbek as a branch of the Simferopol airport with a narrow niche of VIP transportation,” Ovsyannikov said. He recalled...