of “ the entire senior and mid - level command of the Baltic Fleet . ” The purge of the 50 senior officers who were members of the Baltic Fleet , according to The Maritime Executive , “ followed a month - long audit by the Kremlin ” in the wake of the collision between a Polish patrol boat and a Russian submarine . The 50 officers who were purged also demonstrated , according to the Russian Defense Ministry , “ serious shortcomings in the organisation of combat training , daily activities of their forces , failure to take all necessary measures to improve personnel accommodations , inattention to their subordinates and distorted reports on the real state of affairs in the fleet . ”
The fighting in South Sudan , whose 2011 secession from Sudan was supported by the United States , has torn apart the world 's youngest country . The country 's rebel leader Riek Machar was sworn in as first vice president on Tuesday after he returned to the capital Juba for the first time since conflict broke out two years ago . President Salva Kiir 's sackingpersonnel.endposition.firinglayoffof Machar as his deputy ignited a war in December 2013 which has killed thousands and displaced millions in the world 's newest country . The United States has said Machar 's return is an important step toward the establishment of a unity government . But Booth said an arms embargo could only work if neighboring countries cooperated .