“On February 25, the ship Donald Cook will arrive in the port of Odessa,” UNIAN reports the press service of the Naval Forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

Earlier, the National Center for Defense Management of Russia reported that the Black Sea Fleet forces organized continuous tracking of the US destroyer Donald Cook, which entered the Black Sea.

The press service of the Sixth Fleet of the United States Navy reported that the American destroyer was heading for the Black Sea through the Dardanelles. It was noted that his campaign "will strengthen the stability in the region."

The captain of the first rank, military expert Vasily Dandykin commented on the RT message that the American destroyer was heading for the Black Sea.