PARIS - France will postpone handing over a sophisticated French-built warship to the Russian Navy "until further notice," President Francois Hollande said on Tuesday. "The current situation in eastern Ukraine still does not permit the delivery of the first Mistral-class amphibious assault ship," Mr. Hollande said in a statement.
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New York Times: France postpones warship sale to Russia, citing Ukraine conflict
The Mistral-class assault warship Sevastopol, the second of two mammoth Mistral helicopter carriers, is docked on Nov. 21, 2014 in the western French port of Saint-Nazaire.
