NATO warships escorted by Russian warships in the Barents Sea

Russian Navy ships accompany American and British Navy warships that entered the Barents Sea on Monday morning, the Russian Defense Ministry said.

The US Navy USA He announced Monday morning that four US Navy ships. USA And the Royal Navy entered the Barents Sea to conduct naval security exercises in so-called difficult environmental conditions in the Arctic Circle.

The statement said that the surface ships of the US Navy. USA They had not operated in the Barents Sea since the mid-1980s and that the Russian Defense Ministry had been notified on May 1 “in an effort to avoid misinterpretations, reduce risk and avoid them.” an involuntary escalation. “

The Russian Navy fleet, which includes warships and submarines, is stationed near the town of Murmansk, in the waters of the Kola Peninsula, in a fjord that has access to the Barents Sea.

The British-American decision to conduct naval exercises in the Barents Sea is related to Russia’s growing military presence in the Arctic, an area that is considered strategically vital due to its huge hydrocarbon reserves, the activation of maritime transport. Of the sea and its geopolitical and defensive importance.

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