“The USS Porter, a guided missile destroyer, and the USS Mount Whitney, have conducted a series of joint exercises with ships from Turkey, Romania and Ukraine in international waters off the coast of Romania,” the statement said.
As specified, the ships made a call at the port of Constanta (Romania).
The Ministry of Defense noted that control over the actions of American ships in the Black Sea is carried out by ships of the Black Sea Fleet: the missile cruiser Moskva, the frigate Admiral Essen and the patrol ship Pavel Derzhavin.
Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin in an interview with Pavel Zarubin in the program “Moscow.
Kremlin.
Putin "said that NATO's use of strategic aviation with military weapons in unplanned exercises in the Black Sea is a serious challenge for Russia.
Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov also stated that Russia fully controls the situation related to US military activity in the Black Sea and will respond to any provocation.
He added that Moscow urges Washington and NATO to soberly assess the risks posed by their actions.