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| Russian senator says U.S. warship in Black Sea should keep its distance |
| 2019-01-21 |
| MOSCOW (Reuters) - Visits to the Black Sea by U.S. warships have nothing to do with U.S. security and are motivated by domestic politics, prominent Russian senator Alexei Pushkov said on Sunday, warning they should stay away from the Russian coast. The U.S. guided-missile destroyer Donald Cook began moving towards the Black Sea on Saturday, "to conduct maritime security operations and enhance regional maritime stability, combined readiness and naval capability", a U.S. navy statement said. www.navy.mil/index.asp The Russian Black Sea fleet began monitoring the warship once it entered the region, RIA news agency cited Russia’s National Defence Control Centre as saying on Saturday. "U.S. warships are becoming frequent visitors to the Black Sea. These visits have nothing to do with U.S. security," Pushkov, a member of Russia’s Upper House Commission on Information Policy, wrote on his Twitter page. "They flaunt their flag, send us a signal, and appease their own senators, who are demanding they send a whole military fleet to the Black Sea. They should keep away from our coastline," he wrote. This week a court in Russia extended by three months the arrest of 24 Ukrainian sailors captured along with their ships in November in the Kerch Strait, which links the Black Sea with the Azov Sea. They stand accused of illegally crossing into Russian territory. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #7 Re-Establishing Freedom of Navigation. No exceptions as noted by #2. Your panties may wad early, but that doesn't it's not smart/right |
| Posted by: Frank G 2019-01-21 19:56 |
| #6 Remember the 4th ID and Gulf War I? I really don't like having a US Navy ship on the "other side" of the Bosporus and in the Black Sea unless there is a really, really good reason for it being there. |
| Posted by: magpie 2019-01-21 16:30 |
| #5 Tough titty, Ivan. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2019-01-21 11:53 |
| #4 Since everyone knows Trump is owned by the Russians this must be a way to provide them with our technology and tactics... /s |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2019-01-21 10:10 |
| #3 Liberate Constantinople first, Ivan. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2019-01-21 07:14 |
| #2 Herb, as long as they conduct their "Maritime Operations" 12 miles out and observing the proper safety protocols for the sea, I don't have a problem with tit for tating. The Ruskies want the 12 mile limit here and 500 miles out at their place however. Ain't gonna work that way. |
| Posted by: Ho Chi Slaper6903 2019-01-21 06:03 |
| #1 The usual crop of warmongers in the unelected government, trying to start some shit. How would we feel about foreign warships cruising up and down the Gulf of Mexico "to conduct maritime security operations"? |
| Posted by: Herb McCoy 2019-01-21 03:44 |