Shipka (military base)

Shipka is a small military base near the city of Mukachevo (just outside a small village of Shenborn) in Ukraine. In the past it was a Soviet base that served the Soviet-installed Dnepr radar. In 1992 it was rented to Russia for 15 years. In 2009 the base stopped transferring data to Russia because the Russian authorities refused to continue paying for land lease which was increased in 2006. Formally, in 2008 Russia denounced the Russia-Ukraine agreement about rocket warning systems.[1] [2]

Shipka
Ukraine
Map of the installation
Shipka is located in Zakarpattia Oblast
Shipka
Shipka
Coordinates48.37768°N 22.70744°E / 48.37768; 22.70744
Typemilitary installation
CodeRO-5
Site information
Conditionclosed
Site history
Built1970s (1970s)
Built bySoviet Union

Currently it is a base of the State Space Agency of Ukraine, "Національне космічне агентство України. Західний центр радіотехнічного спостереження", formally part of Mukachevo. [3]

References

48.378445°N 22.708574°E / 48.378445; 22.708574

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