US destroyer Porter began sailing from the Black Sea to the Mediterranean

"The Arleigh Burke USS Porter-class missile destroyer ... has begun its planned southern transit from the Black Sea to the Mediterranean following naval operations and exercises with NATO allies and partners," the statement said on Twitter.

Earlier it became known that the missile destroyer Porter and the Mount Whitney ship of the US Navy conducted exercises with ships from Turkey, Romania and Ukraine in international waters.

According to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, the military exercises of NATO member countries in the Black Sea are associated with the desire to increase the policy of "containment" of Russia.