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The Russian Black Sea Fleet command is indignant at Ukrainian bailiffs' penetration into the location of a Russian military unit.

“An anonymous group, which later identified itself as Sevastopol
bailiffs, illegally entered the premises of a Russian Black Sea Fleet
unit on Wednesday and demanded the transfer of the Kherson Lighthouse’s
leading beacon to Ukraine,” the fleet press office said.

The bailiffs referred to a resolution of the Sevastopol Economic Court, the press office said.

Russian servicemen seized the Ukrainians and made a statement to the
Sevastopol police chief. The detainees were handed over to him.

“The Russian Black Sea Fleet command is indignant at the
unprecedented and flagrant violation of fundamental agreements
concerning the Black Sea Fleet,” the press office said.

The command warns that “the responsibility for possible tragic
consequences of such incidents will be fully laid upon the organizers
of the provocative acts.”