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Leader of Crimean Tatars and the Member of the Ukrainian Parliament Mustafa Dzhemilev. Photo: Dogukan Keskinkilic/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

Crimean Tatar leader hopes to see a NATO base on the peninsula after liberation

After the Crimean Peninsula is liberated from Russian occupation, Ukraine’s powerful Black Sea Fleet will most likely be stationed there, and perhaps a NATO base will be established there, Crimean Tatar leader Mustafa Dzhemilev told Ukrainian media on Saturday.

Konstantin Olshansky. Photo: Wikimedia Commons.

Ukrainian forces strike ‘Konstantin Olshansky,’ a warship stolen by Russia in 2014

This is the third landing ship that Ukraine has targeted in three days in occupied Crimea.

Yamal, one of the Russian naval ships Ukraine claims to have struck in a recent attack. Photo taken on September 16, 2017, as the ship was passing through the Turkish Straits. Photo: Burak Akay/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

Kyiv and Moscow exchange blows as Ukraine strikes Russian ships, Russia hits gas storage

Occupation officials confirmed an attack occurred, but did not mention losses.