As noted, the vessel left the city after visiting President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko, State Department Special Representative Kurt Walker and other high-ranking officials of the United States.

The General Staff stressed that this was a scheduled visit to the port as part of their stay in the Black Sea to promote regional stability and support for NATO allies and partners.

Earlier, Poroshenko said that the visit of American courts to Odessa is "a vivid demonstration of the unique cooperation between Kiev and Washington."

Donald Cook entered the Odessa Commercial Sea Port on Monday, February 25th.