KIEV, Aug. 19 – Under the current foreign political conditions, the transfer of such powerful offensive military hardware as Mistral-class amphibious assault ships could have far-reaching negative consequences for security and stability in Europe, Ukrainian Foreign Ministry spokesman Yevhen Perebyinis said.

"As we see from the events related to the Russian occupation of Crimea and the 2008 Russian-Georgian conflict, even the short-term strengthening of Russia's military presence in the Black Sea basin could put all the countries in the region in an extremely vulnerable situation in the face of possible acts of armed aggression from the side of the Russian Federation," Perebyinis said at a briefing in Kiev on Tuesday.