Naval officers of the former Soviet fleet said they would refuse to carry out a decision by the presidents of Russia and Ukraine to split the Black Sea fleet, Reuter reports from Kiev. A meeting of 120 officers' representatives called instead for the former Soviet fleet to be placed under exclusive Russian jurisdiction.
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