WASHINGTON, Nov 10 & nbsp; & mdash; RIA News. The Pentagon in & nbsp; response to & nbsp; statements & nbsp; RF on & nbsp; creation of the United States and & nbsp; NATO groups in the & nbsp; Black Sea said that & nbsp; will conduct operations as it sees fit.
At the & nbsp; briefing in & nbsp; Washington, D.C. Keer Pentagon asked how he & nbsp; would comment on Russian statements about & nbsp; the growth of US and & nbsp; NATO military activities in the & nbsp; Black Sea, including overflights.
“ We & nbsp; conduct operations with & nbsp; NATO allies & nbsp; and, of course, in & nbsp; unilaterally, you've seen it. We & nbsp; will continue to fly, sail and & nbsp; operate in the & nbsp; international air and & nbsp; sea space as we see fit & hellip; Now we are & nbsp; talking, and & nbsp; in the Black Sea there are a couple of ships of the US Navy. I & nbsp; think this is an important principle that needs to be defended & raquo;, & nbsp; & mdash; said Kirby.
The United States and & nbsp; NATO are creating a multinational grouping in the & nbsp; Black Sea, this destabilizes the situation at the & nbsp; borders of Russia, said earlier Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Maria Zakharova.
By & nbsp; her According to the statement, these steps by the United States lead to the & nbsp; creation of a multinational group of armed forces and & nbsp; destabilize the situation in the & nbsp; Black Sea region in & nbsp; close proximity to & nbsp; Russian borders. She commented on the information about & nbsp; on & nbsp; 30 & nbsp; October 30 & nbsp; in & nbsp; the Black Sea destroyer with & nbsp; missile-guided US Navy Porter and & nbsp; 4 & nbsp; arrival on November 4 & nbsp; headquarters ship Mount Whitney of the US Navy, and & nbsp; also flights of US strategic bombers on November 6 & nbsp; 100 kilometers from the & nbsp; Russian border.