[Global Web Report] According to Reuters news, the Interfax news agency quoted the Russian Ministry of Defense on the 8th as saying that six Russian warships are heading from the Mediterranean to the Black Sea to participate in maritime exercises. The Russian Defense Ministry said this was a pre-planned military resource mobilization. .
According to reports, the Russian Navy's large landing ship fleet has begun to pass through the Bosphorus and Dardanelles on February 8.
Large landing ships "Korolev", "Minsk" and "Kaliningrad" are currently in the Dardanelles Strait, landing ships "Peter Morgunov", "George Poe" "Bedonosec" and "Oleniegorsky Gorniak" will pass through the Black Sea Strait on February 9.
According to information previously released by the Russian Ministry of Defense, a series of routine naval exercises will be held in the Black Sea Fleet area from January to February 2022.
Recently, Ukraine and Russia have deployed a large number of military personnel and equipment in the border areas of the two countries.
The U.S., Ukraine and NATO say Russia is threatening to “invasion” by massing troops near Ukraine’s eastern border.
The Russian side denied the "invasion" theory, emphasizing that NATO activities threaten Russia's border security, and Russia has the right to mobilize troops within the territory to defend its territory.
French President Emmanuel Macron said after talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin the day before that the next few days would be a critical period in the Ukraine standoff.
Putin said the talks had made some progress.