(NSI News Source Info) SEVASTOPOL, Ukraine - July 24, 2009: Ukraine has stopped two Russian military convoys, one of which was transporting missiles to the disputed n
aval base of Sevastopol.
aval base of Sevastopol.Police stopped a convoy of three vehicles and found each was transporting a cruise missile to Russia's fleet in the Black Sea, the Ukrainian interior ministry said.
The convoy did not have the necessary authorization from Ukraine but was later allowed to continue its journey, the ministry added. Russia has had a fleet in the Ukrainian port of Sevastopol for more than 200 years, but the base has recently become a source of tension as relations between the two nations frayed.
Moscow has a lease on the base until 2017 and Ukrainian officials have repeatedly called for the fleet to leave when the lease expires.
Vasyl Kyrylych, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry Spokesman, told Interfax that Russia must beware to avoid "possible violations" of Ukrainian law and agreements on the Russian fleet.
The Russian Black Sea fleet is just one of several disputes driving a wedge between Moscow and Kyiv.
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