Violence broke out when protesters attempted to surround a hall hosting the launch of the Sea Breeze-2008 Nato exercise in Ukraine’s Black Sea port of Odessa. A smaller group of demonstrators waved flags and chanted “Nato stop!” as a Turkish vessel pulled into Odessa’s harbour, Russia’s NTV television reported.
The Nato exercises “will increase political and military tensions in Europe as a whole,” Sergei Mironov, speaker of the upper house of the Russian parliament, was quoted as saying by Interfax news agency in Moscow.
Sea Breeze-2008, which lasts until July 26, will also include forces from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Britain, Canada, Denmark, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Latvia, Macedonia and Turkey, officials said.
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