Sergei Shoigu: our military is watching US ships in the Black Sea in order to stop provocations to avoid any provocations. This was stated by Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, Interfax reports.
In an interview with the Moscow. Kremlin. Putin “the minister stressed that the United States is trying to check the entire system along the Black Sea coast. Shoigu also explained that the Americans are preparing exercises in the future.
“Exercises, exercises with our neighbors, exercises with the Georgian fleet and exercises with the Ukrainian fleet are coming. Well, we are also conducting exercises and will conduct them, “the Defense Minister said about the American ships.
There are now two US Navy ships in the Black Sea – the command ship Mount Whitney and the guided missile destroyer Porter. On the eve of the US Sixth Fleet announced that the ships headed to the Black Sea to conduct joint operations with NATO allies and partners in the region.
Earlier, the Governor of Sevastopol, Mikhail Razvozhaev, announced the turbulent situation in the Black Sea.