Probably true. It has been de facto Russian since Katherine the Great founded Sevastopol in the 1700s.
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Russia was fine with it being an "autonomous" province of Ukrain until Ukraine stated making noise about wanting to join the EU and NATO. There is no way Russia is going to allow their primary Black Sea fleet naval base to become NATO territory. Never happen in a million years.
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