In Kyiv they claim that they outwitted the Russians by deliberately sacrificing the fleet
During the events of the Crimean spring of 2014, the Ukrainian side tried to play for time during negotiations with representatives of the Russian law enforcement agencies. Captain of the first rank Marina Kanaluk, who previously held the position of assistant to the commander of the Navy on the presence and functioning of the Black Sea Fleet on the territory of Ukraine, spoke about this in an interview with 112.ua. “We were stalling for time to give our superiors the opportunity...