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Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the Northern Fleet, units of the airborne forces and the Western Military District on full combat alert from 08:00 Moscow time on Monday.

This was announced by Russian Defence Minister Sergey Shoygu, who explained that these developments are part of snap checks, TASS news agency reports.

The Romanian Naval Forces participate in the 7th edition of the Bucharest International Boat Show, taking place Wednesday through Friday at ROMAERO Baneasa, announces a National Defence Ministry (MApN) release.

Photo credit: (c) Luisiana BIGEA / AGERPRES ARCHIVE

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Greek Cypriot counterpart Nicos Anastasiades signed an agreement on Feb. 25 to give Russian military ships access to Greek Cypriot ports.
   
"We signed a number of documents regarding our military cooperation. For example regarding the entrance of our ships to Greek Cypriot ports," Putin told journalists.
   

MOSCOW ? Cyprus on Wednesday signed a deal with Russia allowing its navy ships to make regular port calls on the island.

The deal with European Union member Cyprus, which also hosts British military bases, comes amid Russia-West tensions over Ukraine, the worst since the Cold War times.

A former Marine was sentenced on Feb. 24 to life in prison without parole after being convicted of murdering the US Navy Seal whose story inspired the blockbuster movie "American Sniper."       

Indonesian divers on Jan. 13 retrieved the cockpit voice recorder from beneath the wreckage of an AirAsia plane that crashed into the Java Sea as the airline's boss vowed to overcome the "toughest times" he has known.
      

Indonesian divers Jan. 11 found the black box of the AirAsia plane which crashed in the Java Sea a fortnight ago with 162 people aboard, the transport ministry said.
     
But they failed to retrieve it because it was stuck under debris from the main body of the plane, it added.
      

Italian sailors on Jan. 2 managed to take control of a crewless merchant ship as it drifted toward the country's southern shores in rough seas with 450 migrants on board, in the second such incident in two days.
      

Italy's navy on Dec. 30 said it had taken control of a ship carrying some 700 migrants, including a heavily pregnant woman, after it issued a distress call near the Greek island of Corfu.

Coastguards flown out to the ship by helicopter found hundreds of mainly Syrian illegal migrants on board, Italian media reported, citing military sources.

A ferry disaster in the Adriatic Sea may have claimed many more lives than the 12 confirmed dead so far Tuesday as an Italian prosecutor said he expected to discover more bodies on the burnt-out wreck.