{"page":"\u003clink rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https://lessonplanet.com/assets/packs/css/resources-572d6a42.css\" /\u003e\n\u003clink rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https://lessonplanet.com/assets/packs/css/lp_boclips_stylesheets-f4d0de30.css\" media=\"all\" /\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-title='Russia\u0026#39;s annexation of Crimea leaves Ukraine navy crippled' data-url='/boclips/videos/5c54c4b8d8eafeecae16ac2d' data-video-url='/boclips/videos/5c54c4b8d8eafeecae16ac2d' id='bo_player_modal'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='boclips-resource-page modal-dialog panel-container'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='react-notifications-root'\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-header'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-type'\u003e\n\u003ci aria-hidden='true' class='fai fa-regular fa-circle-play'\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\nVideo\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003ch1 class='rp-title' id='video-title'\u003e\nRussia\u0026#39;s annexation of Crimea leaves Ukraine navy crippled\n\u003c/h1\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-actions'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='mr-1'\u003e\n\u003ca class=\"btn btn-success\" data-posthog-event=\"Signup: LP Signup Activity\" data-posthog-location=\"body_link_boclips\" data-remote=\"true\" href=\"/subscription/new\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGet Free Access\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e for 10 Days\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e!\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-body'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-info'\u003e\n\u003cdiv aria-label='Hide resource details' class='rp-hide-info' role='button' tabindex='0'\u003e\u0026times;\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003ci aria-label='Expand resource details' class='rp-expand-info fai fa-solid fa-up-right-and-down-left-from-center' role='button' tabindex='0'\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\n\u003ci aria-label='Compress resource details' class='rp-compress-info fai fa-solid fa-down-left-and-up-right-to-center' role='button' tabindex='0'\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-rating'\u003e\n\u003cspan class='resource-pool'\u003e\n\u003cspan class='pool-label'\u003ePublisher:\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='pool-name'\u003e\n\u003cspan class='text'\u003e\u003ca data-publisher-id=\"30356011\" href=\"/search?publisher_ids%5B%5D=30356011\"\u003eCurated Video\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-description'\u003e\n\u003cspan class='short-description'\u003eUkraine's navy is in Odessa's harbour, though it can be hard to spot.It's tucked behind a collection of storage tanks and overshadowed by immense cargo vessels docked nearby. There are a couple dozen boats, few much larger than a...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eUkraine's navy is in Odessa's harbour, though it can be hard to spot.\u003cbr/\u003eIt's tucked behind a collection of storage tanks and overshadowed by immense cargo vessels docked nearby. \u003cbr/\u003eThere are a couple dozen boats, few much larger than a decent-sized yacht and many in desperate need of repair. \u003cbr/\u003eThe government is begging the public to help pay their bills.\u003cbr/\u003eThis is what's left of Ukraine's fleet since Russia annexed the Crimean Peninsula two months ago, taking with it the navy's key base and most of its ships.\u003cbr/\u003e\"Times are not the best for the fleet now,\" admitted Captain Oleh Chubuk, spokesman for Ukraine's naval command.\u003cbr/\u003eThe reality is far worse. Separatist unrest is battering eastern Ukraine, breakaway leaders have vowed to disrupt Sunday's presidential elections and Crimea has been annexed by Russia.\u003cbr/\u003eUkraine's military is facing its worst crisis ever with a navy that has lost two-thirds of its vessels, an army desperate for basic equipment and a defence ministry that has taken to asking for 50-cent donations that people can make with mobile phone text messages. \u003cbr/\u003eIt has raised over 1 million dollars so far that way - enough to buy one interceptor missile on a US Navy warship - but military officials are thrilled.\u003cbr/\u003e\"We had support and help from the local authorities and many volunteers. And it gives us inspiration,\" said Chubuk.\u003cbr/\u003e\"Not everyone decided to move here, but those who are here, and it's not a small number, are assured that everything will be all right and Ukraine had and will have its fleet that will provide reliable security for our state and its sea border.\"\u003cbr/\u003eKiev's Western allies, meanwhile, including the United States, have shown little willingness to help it rearm, fearing that more weaponry could upset diplomatic negotiations or provoke Russian President Vladimir Putin even further.\u003cbr/\u003eThe loss of Crimea, a peninsula that dangles from the Ukrainian mainland deep into the Black Sea, meant the loss of Kiev's naval headquarters as well as a series of navy bases and all the ships and boats in port there.\u003cbr/\u003eThis has left Ukraine with little influence over its own crisis, and, despite its long coastline and numerous ports, little power in the Black Sea.\u003cbr/\u003eIn Odessa, the port city that is now the main base for the Ukrainian navy, the sense of betrayal by Russia is deeply felt.\u003cbr/\u003eFormed after the 1991 breakup of the Soviet Union, Ukraine originally didn't even think it needed a large navy, said Evgenii Livshyts, a retired submarine captain living in Odessa. \u003cbr/\u003eMoscow, the new naval commanders thought, would remain a friendly presence; Russia continued to base its huge Black Sea\u003cbr/\u003eFleet in Crimea and pay Ukraine rent for the base.\u003cbr/\u003eAn undisclosed number of Ukrainian sailors switched sides to work for Russia after the takeover of Crimea, including the country's naval chief, Admiral Denis Berezovsky. \u003cbr/\u003eBut the remaining sailors insist morale has not been battered.\u003cbr/\u003e\"If you talk to the crew members they would tell you 'We'll reconstruct the ship, we'll do it, we're ready'. It proves that the spirit is invincible,\" said Livshyts, reflecting on the memory of the Ukrainian sailors who refused to join the Russian navy. \u003cbr/\u003e\"You can create any kind of weapon, use nano-technology, but this spirit you can't create it. It's just there and the citizens of Ukraine have it.\"\u003cbr/\u003eFor weeks after the takeover, Ukrainian sailors played cat-and-mouse games with Russian ships, trying to keep their vessels from being taken by Moscow for as long as possible. \u003cbr/\u003eThe standoffs were mostly nonviolent, with Kiev clearly fearing that dead Russian sailors could be used as an excuse for even\u003cbr/\u003emore aggression.\u003cbr/\u003eOriginally outfitted with castoff Soviet equipment and overshadowed by Moscow's forces, the Ukrainian military has never had it easy. \u003cbr/\u003eThe navy, though, has fared even worse. \u003cbr/\u003eUkraine's fleet, so decrepit that many ships need the help of tugboats to go anywhere, was reduced from about 75 ships before the Crimea takeover to 28 afterward. \u003cbr/\u003eRussia is slowly returning some of the ships it seized, apparently dismayed by their poor condition.\u003cbr/\u003eDespite its long history of troubles, and its desperate lack of funding, Ukraine's military now seems intent on rebuilding its armed forces.\u003cbr/\u003eChubuk said the navy is now \"trying to spread its wings.\"\u003cbr/\u003e\"Soon the fleet will be able to fulfil all the tasks that it's supposed to,\" he declared.\u003cbr/\u003eMay 13, 2014\u003cbr/\u003e1. Wide of the military port in Odessa as seen from a hill near the seashore\u003cbr/\u003e2. Ships at the military port\u003cbr/\u003e3. Mid of the ships at the military port, puller ship passing by\u003cbr/\u003e4. Ships at the military port\u003cbr/\u003e5. Ships as seen from the entrance of military port\u003cbr/\u003e6. Mid of masts\u003cbr/\u003eMay 14, 2014\u003cbr/\u003e7. Close of the epaulette and chevrons on shoulder of navy captain\u003cbr/\u003e8. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Oleh Chubuk, Captain of the first rank, spokesman for the Navy command of Ukraine: \u003cbr/\u003e\"Despite the difficulties related to the redeployment of ships, vessels, equipment and families the spirit is high and the mood is good. Many families had to come here and we had support and help from the local authorities and many volunteers. And it gives us inspiration. Not everyone decided to move here, but those who are here, and it's not a small number, are assured that everything will be all right and Ukraine had and will have its fleet that will provide reliable security for our state and its sea border.\"\u003cbr/\u003e9. Wide of the military port and a bridge in front of it\u003cbr/\u003e10. Various of ships in port\u003cbr/\u003e11. Close of the epaulette and chevrons on shoulder of navy captain\u003cbr/\u003e12. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Oleh Chubuk, Captain of the first rank, spokesman for the Navy command of Ukraine:\u003cbr/\u003e\"Times are not the best for the fleet now, but it's also trying to spread its wings. Soon the fleet will be able to fulfil all the tasks that it's supposed to.\"\u003cbr/\u003e13. Military port entrance and an old vessel with three masts in the background\u003cbr/\u003eMay 15, 2014\u003cbr/\u003e14. Navy officer in his office\u003cbr/\u003e15. Navy officer and head of the maritime college showing a congress medal\u003cbr/\u003e16. Close of service ribbons on chest of retired submarine captain, Evgenii Livshyts\u003cbr/\u003e17. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Evgenii Livshyts, Captain of the 1st rank, Chairman of the Association of Submariners:\u003cbr/\u003e\"If you talk to the crew members they would tell you 'We'll reconstruct the ship, we'll do it, we're ready'. It proves that the spirit is invincible. You can create any kind of weapon, use nano-technology, but this spirit you can't create it. It's just there and the citizens of Ukraine have it.\"\u003cbr/\u003e18. Mid of a table with naval trophies\u003cbr/\u003e19. Close navy knots\u003cbr/\u003eMay 13, 2014\u003cbr/\u003e20. Entrance to military port, old vessel with masts in background\u003cbr/\u003e21. 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