The Russian Navy commander-in-chief has considered Yalta lighthouse incident to be a provocation and an unfriendly gesture

"Yalta lighthouse capture must be considered as a pure provocation and an unfriendly gesture", - says the commander-in-chief?s official declaration , distributed on Friday evening by the Navy press-service.

"I have given appropriate orders to the Black Sea command in order to resolve the situation as soon as possible" , informed the commander-in-chief.

The declaration underlines, that Ukrainian side actions are "illegal and don?t meet the requirements of the base agreements".

"In fact, the modern complicated lighthouse system with light-optic equipment and means of communication has been captured. The Black sea fleet navigation and hydro-geographical support operation and general navigation safety of has been violated", underlined Masorin.
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