The United States is forming a multinational grouping of armed forces in close proximity to the Russian border, the Russian Defense Ministry told reporters on Tuesday.
They specified that in the Black Sea at the moment there is a guided-missile destroyer Porter, a tanker John Lenthall and a staff ship Mount Whitney of the US Navy. Two strategic bombers B-1B of the US Air Force flew over the Black Sea at a distance of 100 km from the state border of the Russian Federation.
"We are talking about unscheduled actions of the US forces, which create a multinational grouping of armed forces in close proximity to the Russian border," the Russian military department stressed.
The Russian Defense Ministry explained that US Navy ships arrived to participate in the multinational exercises in the Black Sea region conducted by the united command of the US Armed Forces in Europe.
The statement said that such actions are a destabilizing factor in the region, one of the goals of which is the military development of the territory of Ukraine. "Taking into account the fact that in addition to the US Navy, the exercise plans to involve tactical, patrol and strategic aviation, as well as contingents of the armed forces of Bulgaria, Georgia, Romania, Turkey and Ukraine, there is a study of the expected theater of military operations in case Kiev prepares a force solution in the south-east," the statement said.
The Russian Defense Ministry noted that the Russian Armed Forces conduct continuous surveillance and monitor the situation. The Black Sea Fleet is carrying out a set of measures to monitor the actions of US Navy ships in the waters of the Black Sea. "At present, the destroyer Porter and the staff ship Mount Whitney are in the port of Batumi, Georgia, and the tanker John Lenthall is in the southwestern part of the Black Sea," the statement said.
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