Rostov-on-Don - The ships, armaments and military hardware of the Ukrainian Armed Forces left behind in Crimea will be handed over to Kyiv only after the hostilities cease in the southeast, head of the Southern Military District Staff's naval department Rear Admiral Anatoly Dolgov said.
“The transfer of ships, armaments and military hardware to Ukraine is
not over yet. A deputy defense minister has suspended the transfer of
armaments and military hardware of the Ukrainian Armed Forces because of
the events evolving in the southeast. There is no guarantee they will
not use these armaments and hardware against the civilian population,”
Dolgov said at a press conference at the Interfax Rostov-on-Don office
on Thursday, July 24.
He said it had been planned to transfer 66 weapon units to Ukraine and 45 of them were handed over.
The transfer schedule had been met until the order was given, Dolgov said.
“The ships were transferred. Their technical condition varied,
regretfully, it was mostly unsatisfactory but some ships looked rather
well,” Dolgov said.
In the words of the admiral, the ships were of no use to the Russian Navy and it was decided to hand them over.
“We will definitely transfer Ukraine’s only submarine Zaporizhzhya,” Dolgov said, replying to a media question.
