MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia will beef up its Black Sea fleet this year with new submarines and warships, Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu was quoted as saying on Tuesday, following the annexation of the Crimean peninsula.
New air defence and marine infantry units would also be deployed at the fleet's bases, which include Sevastopol in Crimea.
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