Shipka | |
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Ukraine | |
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Coordinates | 48°22′40″N 22°42′27″E / 48.37768°N 22.70744°E |
Type | military installation |
Code | RO-5 |
Site information | |
Condition | closed |
Site history | |
Built | 1970s |
Built by | Soviet Union |
Shipka is a small Russian military base that serves the Soviet-installed Dnepr radar and located near the city of Mukachevo (just outside a small village of ) in Ukraine. Since 2009 the base was supposedly closed down by the Russian authorities who refused to continue paying for land-lease.
Coordinates: 48°22′42″N 22°42′31″E / 48.378445°N 22.708574°E