Washington Post
October 9, 2009
Pg. 10
Ukraine Holds Naval Exercises In Crimea
Ukraine sent hundreds of troops, five ships and 15 aircraft into the Black Sea region for day-long military drills off its Crimean Peninsula just as a Russian state news agency said Russian drills in the same body of water were coming to a close. Crimea, Ukraine's only autonomous republic, is a focus of rising tensions between Russia and Ukraine.
Ukraine Holds Naval Exercises In Crimea
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Re: Ukraine Holds Naval Exercises In Crimea
But its still part of Ukraine.
Talking of tensions, Ukraine has one other territory closer to home than Crimea - Moldovo, which used to be part of Romania, now an EU country.....
Talking of tensions, Ukraine has one other territory closer to home than Crimea - Moldovo, which used to be part of Romania, now an EU country.....
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Re: Ukraine Holds Naval Exercises In Crimea
Moldovo stands for old Moldavia, near Bukovina. That´s where vampires live and prowl in the middle of the night.
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