Georgian press saw the “uprising” on board the flagship of the Black Sea Fleet of Ukraine, which amazed Ukrainian naval commanders

In Kiev, denied the message that the crew of the Ukrainian flagship fleet “Getman Sagaidachnogo” rebelled against Viktor Yanukovich’s pro-Russian policy, raised the NATO flag and headed for Georgia. The newspaper VZGLYAD found the frigate on the spot - in Sevastopol, in anticipation of repairs. And if his crew grumbles, it’s more likely for the upcoming pension reform in the country.

“We are now in the dock, in the city of Sevastopol. About the "sad wall". At the shipyard - Sevastopol Marine Plant, ”Vladimir Novokhatsky, the deputy commander of educational work Vladimir Novokhatsky, replied to the VIEW newspaper on the question of the ship’s location, specifying that he was repairing it on Tuesday morning.

“From January 1, our ship did not leave Sevastopol Bay,” the source stressed, ignoring the question of whether there was a riot on board.

On the eve of the publication “Georgia Online” with reference to one of the bloggers spread a message that strongly resembles history the legendary Russian battleship Potemkin in 1905 year. Allegedly, after the naval exercises, the frigate “Getman Sagaidachny” refused to return to the base in Sevastopol. From the statement of “Georgia Online” it followed that the team was protesting against the strengthening of the Russian language in Ukraine, against censorship in the press, against Ukraine’s slipping into totalitarianism. In addition, the officers were allegedly dissatisfied with the salary they received.

"At the moment, the ship raised the NATO flag and is heading south-east, presumably to the Georgian port of Batumi," the report said.

About the reasons for appearing in the Georgian press news about the rebellion Novokhatsky only noted: “I have only one explanation for what is happening. Someone decided that this is a good way to draw attention to the blog of the author of this news. ”

Recall, “Getman Sagaydachny” is a border patrol ship of the 11351 “Nerey” project, according to the Ukrainian classification - a frigate, the flagship of the Ukrainian Navy. The current name of the ship was in honor of hetman Peter Konashevich Sagaidachny.

October 5 1990 of the year it was laid as "Kirov" on the shed of the GCC "Zaliv" in Kerch on the order of the sea units of the KGB border guard of the USSR. In June, 1992 of the year became the property of the Ukrainian Navy and was renamed. Currently - the flagship of the Ukrainian Navy.

The frigate made many official visits to different countries. In 1996, he made the first transatlantic march at the head of a detachment of Ukrainian naval ships in the USA to the port of Norfolk. He repeatedly received on his board top government officials, in particular, Russian President Vladimir Putin in 2000 and 2001. In 2008, the ship for three months participated in the regular active anti-terrorism exercises in the Mediterranean, in which the Russian fleet also participated.

On Tuesday morning, the Ministry of Defense and the Ukrainian Navy denied all the information of Georgian journalists. A phone call from the newspaper VIEW to one of the Ukrainian naval officers with a question about where the frigate Hetman Sagaidachny was located led the unprepared interlocutor to bewilderment: “Yesterday I saw him at the wall on Kurennaya ... I do not understand anything. What a riot? What "Potemkin"? Rave! Yes, he has not been going anywhere for several years. And the team is on the ship. Where else would she be! ”

As it turned out from the conversation, if the frigate could have walked, then surely it would have to participate in the last maneuvers - the anti-terrorist operation “Active Endeavors”. But they went to the corvette "Ternopil", which really can accommodate 47 people, and those who want to fight the terrorists, according to the interlocutor of the newspaper VIEW, turned out to be 80 – 90 people. Where they settled there, what they ate and drank, they only guess in Sevastopol.

# {ussr} With regard to the possible complaints of officers on a small salary, Ukraine has never concealed that the fleet is experiencing, like the army, constant economic difficulties. Without exception, all the Ministers of Defense of Ukraine have always said that the Ukrainian Navy has serious problems with the repair and modernization of equipment.

One of the priorities of the country's leadership in recent years called the transfer of the fleet to recruitment of contract servicemen. But in this regard, it was necessary to create an attractive economic environment. However, this remained only a dream. Moreover, the Russian ships are next to the Ukrainian ships, on which the salaries of the officers, although not NATO, are much higher than their Ukrainian counterparts.

For example, a naval lieutenant of the Ukrainian Navy receives about 2600 hryvnia (US $ 325), a senior lieutenant - up to 3 thousand (US $ 375). Accordingly, officers who serve ashore pay less — on average, around 2100 hryvnia (a lieutenant can receive 1900 hryvnia — less than a loader or janitor in Sevastopol). At the same time, with the arrival at the ship at the end of the naval educational institution, the Russian lieutenant immediately has a salary of about 6 thousand hryvnia (US $ 750).

At the same time, the source of the newspaper VIEW in the Navy called the myth widespread in Ukraine that during the reign of Viktor Yushchenko, young people from the western regions purposefully called on the fleet: “This is all nonsense. Especially when the crisis broke out, it was decided to send children to serve not far from the place of permanent residence so that the Ministry of Transport would not spend on their free travel in the country. ”...

Of the problems that really concern the Ukrainian naval officers, the interlocutor was the first to name the changes in the pension legislation that were lobbied by the government of Mykola Azarov, providing for an increase in the retirement age. If this option passes, then in the same Sevastopol officers of the Russian part of the Black Sea Fleet will continue to receive pensions from the Ukrainian Pension Fund with 45 – 50 years, and Ukrainian - only with 50 – 55 ...

The Ukrainian Navy can only dream of the level that the Russian Black Sea Fleet has. In recent years, up to a third, and even more, of all the ships of the Ukrainian Navy sailed into the sea were carried out in the course of international NATO exercises or on a bilateral basis with the United States - understandably, primarily for Western money. With Viktor Yanukovych’s refusal to integrate into NATO, this generous source will, of course, be exhausted.

Thus, according to the interlocutor of the VIEW newspaper, the deaf discontent of the Ukrainian sailors persists, it is possible that on the frigate it resulted in a kind of protest. However, there is no confirmation of this version of “rebellion on the ship”.

Military experts refused to comment at all on the report about the riot to the newspaper VIEW, well, and the Ukrainian political analyst Volodymyr Fesenko called the events "complete nonsense, provocation and exaggerated sensation." And to the question what goal did the people who spread the information pursue, he answered: “The information is thrown in by those who want to support the topic of the Ukrainian-Russian tension around the Crimea and the fleet. In any case, in popular and reputable electronic Ukrainian media this information is not available. This once again confirms that the topic is not Ukrainian. ”