Numerous cases of Russian Federation Armed Forces units arrival with violation of international rules and agreements are observed in recent days.

Numerous cases of Russian Federation Armed Forces units arrival with violation of international rules and agreements are observed in recent days.

For instance, on February 28, at 8.45 a.m. the flight of more than 10 military helicopters has been monitored by the technical observation post located on the cape of Takil from the direction of Russian Federation to Ukraine.

Three helicopters (two KA-27 and one Mi-8) landed at the Kacha airport and passed through the border and customs established procedures according to the preliminary made application. The rest of helicopters came down near the airport, herewith, there were no answer received on the border detail chief’s appeal concerning the necessity of passing the established formalities by these helicopters, which arrived without preliminary made application with violation of relevant agreement.

The chief of the border detail of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine made a statement of Ukrainian border violation by aforementioned helicopters.

On February 28, eight military troop-carrying aircrafts IL-76 of Russian Federation Armed Forces arrived at the airfield “Gvardiyskyi”. Application according the arrival of these aircrafts has not been received from Russian Federation.

Garrison commander of airfield “Gvardiyskyi” denied border control performing to border detail and denounced that they had no need for services of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine and the planes are to land every 15 minutes.

On March 1, Russian Federation Council unanimously adopted the proposal of Russian President Vladimir Putin to bring troops into Ukraine.

On March 1, at 9.10 p.m. two large landing ships “Kaliningrad” and “Minsk” of the Baltic fleet arrived at the port of Sevastopol.

On March 2, large landing ships “Olenihorskyy Gorniak” of Northern Fleet and “George Victorious” of Baltic fleet arrived at Sevastopol.

The call of military ships was made with violation of Article 30 of
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea and Sections 14 and 15 of Rules on navigation and stay of foreign warships in the territorial sea, internal waters, on roads and at ports of Ukraine, approved by the Decree of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine № 529 dated May 6, 1996.