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Update for Black Sea Fleet

The Navy plans to upgrade its Black Sea Fleet with 18 new vessels over the next decade after a deal with Ukraine to extend the lease on the fleet’s base in Sevastopol until 2042, Interfax reported Monday.

A Navy spokesman declined to comment on the Interfax report. 

(Reuters)


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