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On Friday, March 19, the USS Monterey CG61, a US missile cruiser, entered the Black Sea, passing the Dardanelles. He arrived to carry out a maritime security operation.
About that reported on the official page US 6th Fleet On twitter. The last time such a ship entered the Black Sea was in 2017, writes Dumskaya.
“The ships and aircraft of the US Navy operate regularly in the Black Sea in support of our allies and NATO partners,” he said.
USS Monterey CG61 in the Black Sea for the third time; previously he was here in 1992 and 2011.
In Russia, the visit of the American cruiser was not ignored and they announced the surveillance of the ship, reports the statement of the National Defense Control Center of the Russian Federation “Interfax”.
“The forces and means of the Black Sea Fleet have begun monitoring the actions of the US Navy cruiser Monterey, which entered the Black Sea on March 19, 2021,” the department noted.
We recall that before the warships of the North Atlantic Alliance (NATO) entered the Black Sea for the third time since the beginning of March, we are talking about the ships of the Spanish fleet.
As OBOZREVATEL reported:
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On March 12, NATO’s second permanent naval group, SNMG2, entered the Black Sea. The first to cross the Bosphorus were the Turkish frigate F247 TCG Kemalreis and the Spanish frigate F105 Cristobal Colon (flagship).
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In addition to them, the group includes the Romanian frigate F221 Regina Maria, the German support ship A514 Werra and the patrol boats: the Greek P229 Tolmi, the Turkish P1201 Karaburun and the Bulgarian corvette “Brave”.
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On March 10, NATO’s second mine action group, SNMCMG2, entered the port of Odessa for the first time since early 2021. It conducted joint exercises with the Ukrainian Navy in the Black Sea.
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