The French government has announced that it is halting the delivery of the first of two Mistral-class amphibious assault ships planned for delivery to the Russian Navy. Built by STX in Saint-Nazaire, France, the 21,000-tonne full-load displacement landing helicopter dock (LHD) vessels were laid down in 2012 and 2013. Lead ship Vladivostok was launched in October 2013 and delivery to the Russian Navy had been scheduled for October 2014. However, in the face of a build-up of international pressure generated by the ongoing Ukraine crisis, the French government said on 3 September - only a day before the start of the NATO summit in Wales, United Kingdom - that "the conditions under which France would authorise the delivery of the first BPC [Batiment de Projection et Commandement] have not yet been met". No mention was made in the statement of second-in-class Sevastopol, scheduled to be delivered in 2015.
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机译：法国政府宣布将停止向俄罗斯海军交付两艘米斯特拉尔级两栖攻击舰中的第一艘。由STX在法国圣纳泽尔建造的，在2012年和2013年放下了21,000吨的满载排水量着陆直升机坞（LHD）船。主要战舰符拉迪沃斯托克（Vladivostok）于2013年10月下水，并已计划交付给俄罗斯海军2014年10月。但是，面对持续的乌克兰危机所产生的国际压力，法国政府在9月3日（即北约在英国威尔士举行的北约峰会开始的前一天）表示：法国授权交付第一批BPC [Batiment de Projection et Commandement]的条件尚未达到”。计划于2015年交付的二等塞瓦斯托波尔的声明中没有提及。
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