U.K. accuses Russia of ‘training combat dolphins’ in Crimea

U.K. accuses Russia of ‘training combat dolphins’ in Crimea

Subject : International Relations

Section: Msc

Concept :

• The Russian Navy has bolstered security at its Black Sea Fleet base in annexed Crimea with the use of trained dolphins, Britain’s defense ministry said Friday.
• Citing satellite imagery, the British military said the number of floating mammal pens in the harbor of Crimea’s port city of Sevastopol has nearly doubled from April to June.

Black Sea Fleet:

• The Black Sea Fleet has a long history and is considered to have been founded back in 1783.
• It comprises warships of the Russian Navy in the Black Sea, Sea of Azov, and the eastern Mediterranean, and is headquartered at Sevastopol, the major port on the Crimean peninsula.

Sevastopol

• Sevastopol is the largest city in Crimea and a major port on the Black Sea.
• Due to its strategic location and the navigability of the city’s harbours, Sevastopol has been an important port and naval base throughout its history.
• Since the city’s founding in 1783 it has been a major base for Russia’s Black Sea Fleet, and it was previously a closed city during the Cold War