US and NATO ballistic missiles entering the Black Sea are trying to test the strength of Russia’s defense of the Black Sea coast and the protection of its southern borders, Russian Defense Minister General Sergei Sergei said on Sunday.
“Well, you know when we see this: when a warship belonging to a non-regional power enters the Black Sea and we realize that it carries long-range precision weapons, when we see that these weapons are on it and it is not a… tourist tour, “Of course, we have our eyes on it, we are watching it closely and we understand that any challenge is possible at any time, as happened recently with a British destroyer and, of course, we must prevent such things,” Soigu told a Russian network.
It is noted that in June a Russian warship appears to have fired warning shots at a British destroyer.
“To be more precise, this is, of course, an almost constant attempt to test us to see how prepared we are and how effectively we have set up our system along the Black Sea coast and generally in the south of our country,” he said. Shoigu.
As the Russian Defense Minister stressed, “they are not alone in such strength tests and such approaches.” “As I understand it, then they plan exercises with our neighbors, exercises with the Georgian and Ukrainian navies. “But we are also carrying out exercises and we will continue to do so,” said the Russian defense chief.
At the moment, two US warships are operating in the Black Sea: the flagship Mount Whitney and the destroyer Porter. The 6th US Fleet announced that warships have been deployed in the Black Sea for joint operations with NATO allies and partners in the region.
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