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Fleece pulled up on stormy seas, port found in Ukraine (6)

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I believe the answer is:

odessa

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'in ukraine' is the definition.
(I know that Odessa is part of Ukraine)

'fleece pulled up on stormy seas' is the wordplay.
'fleece' becomes 'do' (I've seen this in other clues).
'pulled up' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'on' indicates putting letters inside.
'stormy' indicates an anagram.
'do' written backwards gives 'od'.
'seas' with letters rearranged gives 'essa'.
'od' put inside 'essa' is 'ODESSA'.

'port found' acts as a link.
I am not very happy about this link. Some or all of it may belong to another bit of the clue.

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(Other definitions for odessa that I've seen before include "Black Sea location" , "Port city of Ukraine" , "Ukrainian location" , "Ukrainian Black Sea port" , "Do seas come into Ukrainian city?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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