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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
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.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Aleksandar Vasovic and Gabriela Baczynska (22 March 2014). "Russian troops smash way into Ukraine airbase in Crimea". Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved 22 March 2014.