Which major Russian naval base is situated in the Republic of the Ukraine?
Sevastopol Naval Base transferred to the Ukrainian SSR in 1954, the base was on the soil of the new post-Soviet state Ukraine). From then on, Russia paid an annual lease to Ukraine for the use of the base until 2014, as regulated by the Partition Treaty on the Black Sea Fleet and the Kharkiv Pact. Since the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation in 2014, the naval base is again under Russian control. Sevastopol Naval Base The Sevastopol Naval Base (; ) is a naval base located in Sevastopol, on disputed Crimean peninsula. It is a base of the Russian Navy and
Southern Naval Base (Ukraine) Southern Naval Base (Ukraine) Southern Naval Base () was a naval base of the Armed Forces of Ukraine located in a town of Novoozerne (part of Yevpatoria city) at the Donuzlav Bay, western part of Crimea. The base was reorganized in place of the Crimea Naval Base of the Soviet Union which completely was occupying the southern shores of Donuzlav Bay and included hovercraft berths, Donuzlav Air Station, and submarine base. Most of the former base is disassembled, while the former Donuzlav Air Station is non-operational. Donuzlav Bay is separated from the Black Sea by two sandspits which serve as