“Despite recent reports, the US Navy destroyer Ross was still 30 minutes ago and will be in the port of Odessa in Ukraine for the foreseeable future in support of the Sea Breeze exercise,” the Sea Breeze exercise account says.
Earlier it became known that the Sea Breeze 2021 naval maneuvers started in the Black Sea with the participation of the United States and Ukraine.
They will involve 32 warships, 40 aircraft and 5,000 servicemen from 17 NATO member countries, as well as alliance partners.
The Russian Black Sea Fleet said they control the actions of NATO ships participating in the Sea Breeze exercises in the Black Sea.