On Friday, March 19, the USS Monterey CG61, an American missile cruiser, entered the Black Sea, passing the Dardanelles. He arrived to conduct a maritime security operation.
About it reported on the official page US 6th Fleet on Twitter. The last time a ship of this class entered the Black Sea was in 2017, writes “Duma“.
“US Navy ships and aircraft regularly operate in the Black Sea in support of our NATO allies and partners,” it said.
USS Monterey CG61 in the Black Sea for the third time – previously it was here in 1992 and 2011.
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In Russia, the visit of the American cruiser was not disregarded and announced the surveillance of the ship, the statement reports. National Center for Defense Control of the Russian Federation “Interfax“.
“The forces and means of the Black Sea Fleet have begun to monitor the actions of the cruiser Monterey of the US Navy, which entered the Black Sea on March 19, 2021,” the department noted.
We will remind, earlier in the Black Sea warships have entered for the third time since the beginning of March North Atlantic Alliance (NATO) – we are talking about the ships of the Spanish fleet.
As reported OBOZREVATEL:
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12 march the second permanent sea group entered the Black Sea NATO ships SNMG2. The first to pass the Bosphorus were the Turkish frigate F247 TCG Kemalreis and the Spanish frigate F105 Cristobal Colon (flagship).
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In addition to them, the group includes the Romanian frigate F221 Regina Maria, the German support ship A514 Werra and patrol ships – the Greek P229 Tolmi, the Turkish P1201 Karaburun and the Bulgarian corvette “Brave”.
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10th of March for the first time since the beginning of 2021 entered the port of Odessa second mine action group SNMCMG2 NATO. She conducted joint exercises with the Ukrainian Navy in the Black Sea.
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