1.   The defense official said the Ukrainian military was conducting an air defense exercise off the Crimean coast that involved both warships and aircraft.

2.   The Kremlin and many ethnic Russians on Crimea bristled at Ukrainian-hosted military exercises that brought U.S. warships to the Crimean coast in August.

3.   The ships involved are to perform drills off the Crimean coast and out of sight of vacationers there as they sail to the Ukrainian mainland near Odessa starting Tuesday.

4.   The Ukrainian military was conducting an air defense training exercise off the Crimean coast that involved both warships and aircraft, the U.S. defense official said.

5.   Ukrainian defense officials said Monday they believe the Soviet Black Sea Fleet buried chemical weapons just off the Crimean coast and have demanded that Russia investigate.