“If you are asking if the US Navy is going to participate in operations in the Black Sea, then the answer is no,” RIA Novosti quotes Kirby.
Earlier, Colonel-General Mikhail Mizintsev, head of the Russian National Defense Control Center, said that more than 70 ships from 18 countries remain blocked in seven Ukrainian ports.
Prior to this, Turkish Minister of National Defense Hulusi Akar said that Turkey would not allow the entry of warships into the Black Sea.