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 a small freight port of the Yevpatoriya Commercial Trade Port located in the city.
Base History.
The naval base was established by Ukraine in 1996, and celebrated its 15th anniversary in 2011.
2014 Ukraine Crisis related incidents.
In connection with the events of social and political instability that led the Ukraine government to resignation on 28 January 2014, Russian parliament authorized the deployment of Russian military troops on Ukrainian soil with the official mandate of protection for Russian native population living in Crimea. These actions violated the treaties of 1997 and are qualified as an act of aggression according to Article 3(e) of United Nations General Assembly Resolution 3314 (XXIX) on the Definition of Aggression of 1974:
The use of armed forces of one State which are within the territory of another State with the agreement of the receiving State, in contravention of the conditions provided for in the agreement or any extension of their presence in such territory beyond the termination of the agreement.
Naval blockade.
During the night between 5 and 6 March 2014 ships of the Russian Black Sea Fleet, led by the "Slava"-class cruiser "Moskva" sank the decommissioned Russian Kara-class cruiser "Ochakov" and the rescue tugboat "Shakhter" at the entrance to Donuzlav Bay as blockships to prevent the Ukrainian fleet stationed at the Southern Naval Base from reaching the open sea. The following day the decommissioned diving support vessel "BM-416" was also scuttled in the bay entrance. Trapped in the bay, the Ukrainian squadron surrendered without a shot being fired. The "Ochakov" was refloated several months later, and returned to Inkerman to await scrapping.
The surrendered Ukrainian ships included the corvette "Vinnytsia", minesweepers , and , medium landing ship "Kirovograd", large landing ship , fire boat "Evpatoria", transport "Gorlovka", tugboats and "Novoozernoe", patrol boat "Feodosia", and torpedo boat "Kherson".