The frigate Hetman Sahaydachny, which remains under Ukrainian control, was diverted to Odessa by naval commanders as many of the sailors and officers on board had voiced a desire to defect to an independent Crimean government, the source said.
Earlier reports in Russian media that the crew had already mutinied over the weekend proved unfounded.
The head of the country’s navy, Rear Admiral Denis Berezovsky, pledged allegiance to the Crimean side over the weekend.
The Hetman Sahaydachny, based at the Crimean port of Sevastopol, had been deployed on an anti-piracy mission in the Gulf of Aden. The ship passed through the Dardanelles on its way to the Black Sea on Tuesday morning.
http://en.ria.ru/world/20140305/188122428/Ukrainian-Navy-Flagship-Diverted-on-Mutiny-Fears.html
5/3/14
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Russian Black Sea fleet commander-in-chief accused of crimes on Crimea’s territory....
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Ukrainian Prosecutor General’s Office incriminated Russian Black Sea Fleet Commander-in-Chief Vice-Admiral Alexander Vitko in committing crimes on the territory of the Autonomous Republic of the Crimea. The official website of the state office reported this on Thursday.
According to the document, Vitko “has committed crimes under Part 2, Article 27 and Part 1, Article 111 (incitement to treason), Part 3, Article 27 and Article 113 (engineering act of sabotage) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine”.
“For committing the named crimes, the offender may face imprisonment for 3 to 15 years,” the prosecutor’s office reports.
Earlier, Russia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs stated that Russian servicemen staying at the Russian Black Sea Fleet base in Sevastopol “always strictly conform to the accords, on the basis of which the Russian fleet stays on this territory, and conform to addresses of the legitimate Ukrainian authorities”.
http://en.itar-tass.com/world/722380
6/3/14