The Russian Black Sea Fleet is a set of measures to control the actions of the US Navy ships in the Black Sea. This is reported by the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

“From October 30 of this year. (this year. – RT) in the Black Sea there is a US Navy guided missile destroyer Porter, the US Navy tanker John Lenthall entered the US Navy on November 3, and the US Navy headquarters ship Mount Whitney arrived on November 4, ”the department said in a statement.

It is specified that these American ships will participate in the multinational exercise in the Black Sea region conducted by the United Command of the US Armed Forces in Europe.

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation also reported that they used two B-1B strategic bombers of the US Air Force at a distance of about 100 km from the state border of Russia.

As noted in the defense department.

The Russian Defense Ministry stressed that such activities are a destabilizing factor in the Black Sea region, one of which is “the military development of the territory of Ukraine.”

“Taking into account the fact that the exercise includes the Navy, it is planned to use tactical, patrol and strategic aviation, as well as contingents of the armed forces of Bulgaria, Georgia, Romania, Turkey and Ukraine, there is an alleged theater of military operations in the event that Kiev prepares a military solution for preparation.” … southeast “, – noted in the message of the Russian Ministry of Defense.

The ministry said that at the moment the destroyer Porter and the command ship Mount Whitney are now in the Georgian port of Batumi, and the tanker John Lenthall is in the southwestern part of the Black Sea.

• Ship Mount Whitney US Navy

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“The Russian armed forces are continuously monitoring and monitoring the situation,” the Russian Defense Ministry emphasized.

Military-political context

As the head of the Russian military department Sergei Shoigu noted earlier, ships of foreign states with high-precision large weapons entering the Black Sea are trying to test Russia’s defense capability in the Black Sea coast by their actions. According to him, Moscow understands that such ships are “not on a tourist trip.” Shoigu also reports that Moscow observes such objects and accompanies them.

“(We. – RT) we understand that any provocations are possible at any time, at any moment, as was the case not so long ago with a British ship, and, of course, we do not allow such things, “he noted last week in the Moscow. Kremlin. Putin “on the air of the TV channel” Russia 1 “.

We will remind, in June, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported that the destroyer Defender of the British Navy with guided missile weapons, crossed in the northwestern part of the Black Sea, crossed the Russian state border and “entered the territorial sea at Cape Fiolent for three kilometers.” At the same time, the British ship did not react to the warning of the Russian side. This violation was stopped by the Black Sea Fleet along with the border service of the FSB of Russia. The patrol ship of the Russian Federation performed warning fire, the Su-24M aircraft – warning bombing along the course of the vessel. After that, the destroyer left the border of the territorial sea of ​​Russia. The Russian Foreign Ministry called this incident “a gross British provocation that runs counter to international law and Russian legislation.”

On November 8, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov also announced the activity of the NATO contingent in the Black Sea. According to him, the military exercises of the Alliance countries in the region “are connected with the desire of the United States and its allies to increase the policy of containing the Russian Federation.” Lavrov also noted that such actions violate the provisions enshrined in the Russia-NATO Founding Act.

It should be noted that according to this document, the common goal of the Russian Federation and the alliance is “to overcome the remnants of the previous confrontation and strengthen mutual trust and cooperation.”

“Blatant provocation”

As noted by the military expert, retired colonel Viktor Litovkin, a manifestation of a super-aggressive policy directed against Russia.

“Such actions near the Russian armed forces of the United States and their partners are an open provocation. The United States invokes this activity in the hopes of showing that it can do whatever it wants in the Black Sea. No rights or grounds. This becomes even more obvious when you remember that the United States and the Black Sea region are located in different parts of the world. And a very reasonable question arises: what do the Americans want in the Black Sea? They have nothing to do there, “- an analyst in an interview with RT.

As the military expert Alexei Leonkov stated in the comments of RT, the American destroyer Porter is a “frequent guest” in the Black Sea, which enters both Ukrainian and Georgian ports. According to his words, the ship shows NATO’s unity with countries that have allegedly suffered from Russia’s “aggressive” policy.

• Officers of the air defense regiment of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation during combat duty at the control panel of the S-400 “Triumph” anti-aircraft missile system in Crimea

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In turn, Litovkin called the actions of the US contingent in the Black Sea “real incitement.”

“The United States forces do not enter alone, they are drawing other NATO countries such as Bulgaria, Romania and Turkey into the orbit of their activity, and the state that is not part of the alliance, Georgia and Ukraine. Washington to aggressive and large-scale actions in the Donbass region, in order to later call Russia an aggressor. At the same time, Washington is not going to support the Ukrainian side in this internal conflict, ”the analyst said.

Sergei Ermakov, an expert at the RISS Center for National Research, drew attention to the fact that the activity of US ships and aircraft within the Russian borders is not accidental unplanned.

“The United States of America and NATO countries, their allies to a certain extent intensify military activities in the Black Sea region, and they do it outside of the plan. This is the tactic of the alliance due to the fact that it does not have enough resources to carry out increased force pressure on Russia. NATO is building a kind of system of checks against the Russian Federation. And this pressure will only grow, “he said in a conversation with RT, adding that the teachings of the alliance and the United States are more of a” confrontational nature. “

Leonkov also predicted that this kind of provocative actions would continue.

“There will be private provocations that will take place in the airspace near the coast of Russia,” the expert said. frontiers.

According to Litovkin, the current situation in the Black Sea cannot cause concern for the Russian side.

“And such a situation requires the RF to be on high alert in order, if necessary, to promptly and effectively neutralize possible direct threats to Russia’s security,” the expert said.

As Litovkin noted, the Russian side is ready to repel any provocation in the Black Sea.

“Russia has a powerful weapon in Crimea that protects the country. These are the Utyos and Bastion anti-ship complexes. In addition, there are S-300 and S-400 air defense systems, which can operate on any air target and at a fairly large distance. Russia has sources of electronic warfare, radar submarines, which are also ready to repel any threat, ”the analyst concluded.