30 warships of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet begin movement near Crimea

MOSCOW – More than 30 warships from the fleet Black Sea Russia has started exercises near the peninsula Crimea . The maneuver is part of a wider naval exercise, RIA news agency reported on Saturday (12/2/2022).

The movement of dozens of Russian warships comes as Western countries warn that war in Ukraine could occur at any time.

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The RIA report said more than 30 Russian ships had left the ports of Sevastopol and Novorossiisk “according to the exercise plan” near Crimea, which Russia annexed from Ukraine in 2014.

RIA said the objectives of the exercise were the defense of the Crimean coast, the Black Sea fleet’s outposts, as well as the economic sector and naval communications.

Last month, Russia announced that its Navy would hold a series of exercises involving all of its fleet in February. The exercises will be held from the Pacific to the Atlantic. Ukraine has objected and said the Russian fleet had blocked trade routes. The thing that Russia supports.

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All military maneuvers carried out by Russian Navy ships in the Black Sea during the war games comply with international law and trade routes are not affected. This was stated by the Kremlin spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, Thursday (11/2/2022).

The Russian presidential spokesman denied Kiev’s claim that the maneuvers of the Russian warships had blocked trade routes in the Black Sea.

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