Pivdenna Bay

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Pivdenna Bay
Location of a bay in Ukraine
Location of a bay in Ukraine
Pivdenna Bay
LocationBlack Sea
Coordinates44°36′26.05″N 33°31′52.29″E / 44.6072361°N 33.5311917°E / 44.6072361; 33.5311917
Ocean/sea sourcesAtlantic Ocean
Basin countriesTerritory of Ukraine, occupied by Russia[1]
Salinity18 ‰
SettlementsSevastopol

Pivdenna Bay or Yuzhnaya Bay is one of the harbour bays in Sevastopol.

On March 22, 2014, during the 2014 Russian military intervention in Ukraine, Russian forces captured the only Ukrainian submarine, known as the Zaporizhya, and took it to Pivdenna Bay, according to Vladislav Seleznyov, a spokesman for the Ukrainian military.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ This place is located on the Crimean peninsula, which is internationally recognized as part of Ukraine, but since 2014 under Russian occupation. According to the administrative-territorial division of Ukraine, there are the Ukrainian divisions (the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city with special status of Sevastopol) located on the peninsula. Russia claims these as federal subjects of the Russian Federation (the Republic of Crimea and the federal city of Sevastopol).
  2. ^ Aleksandar Vasovic and Gabriela Baczynska (22 March 2014). "Russian troops smash way into Ukraine airbase in Crimea". Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved 22 March 2014.