Large landing ship of the US Navy entered the Black sea
The Bosphorus Naval News portal published photos of the American landing ship Fort McHenry in the Black sea.

The Bosphorus Naval News portal published photos of the American landing ship Fort McHenry in the Black sea.
The press service of the US Navy in the European Union agreed that the ship entered the sea to patrol.
"Approach the ship Fort McHenry in the Black sea confirms our collective commitment to security in the Black sea and strengthens and already strong relations with allies in NATO and partners in the region ", - said the commander of the Sixth fleet of the U.S. Navy Vice Admiral Lisa Franchetti.
in her expressions, the operations of American ships in the Black sea - routine. In 2018 in its waters visited a half-dozen U.S. Navy ships.
before special envoy of the state Department of Ukraine Kurt Volker said the United States must take steps to increase its presence in the Black sea. He also admitted that Washington will deliver Kiev lethal weapons.
Official representative of Russian foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova, explaining the words of Volker, expressed the opinion that such statements are " nejrotoksichesky character." In her expressions, this rhetoric focused on the convergence of positions within Ukrainian society.
Press Secretary of the President Dmitry Peskov, for his part, has shown that relations of the Russian capital and the capital of the United States became a victim of provocation, which is arranged in the Kerch Strait the Ukrainian authorities.
Shipping in the Straits of Bosporus and Dardanelles is governed by the Montreux Convention of 1936. In peaceful time the black sea powers may pass through the Straits of warships, notifying about it the Turkish authorities. For non-black sea countries there are a number of limitations. To close the Straits of Turkey only in case of war, besides all the warring parties.
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