Russia has no plan to leave naval base in Ukraine

NOVOROSSIISK, Russia (Reuters) - Russia said on Tuesday it has no plans to leave its naval base in Ukraine's Black Sea port city of Sevastopol.

"We are not setting such a target -- to leave Sevastopol -- for ourselves," General Nikolai Makarov, head of Russia's general staff, told reporters. "We have an agreement in force until 2017. Without a doubt, events can later develop in different directions."

(Reporting by Denis Dyomkinl; Writing by Amie Ferris-Rotman and Dmitry Solovyov; Editing by Louise Ireland)