OBNINSK, Kaluga Region. Jan 17 (Interfax-AVN) - Russian security personnel at Black Sea Fleet facilities in Ukraine have the authority to protect and defend them, Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov said.
"The security details at the facilities have all the authority under the manual of garrison and guard duties," he told the press in Obninsk, 100 kilometers southwest of Moscow on Tuesday.
"I will not go into details," he added.