Member of the State Duma Committee on Security and Anti-Corruption Mikhail Sheremet on Sunday, November 7, commented on the passage of the US Navy ships off the coast of Crimea.
“We do not advise American ships to follow in the footsteps of the British destroyer and violate the boundaries of our territorial waters off the coast of Crimea, trying to show support for Ukraine. It is absolutely unsafe to misbehave at our borders. You should not wave torches near powder barrels “, – leads”RIA NewsSheremet’s words.
According to him, any attempts at provocations “will be nipped in the bud.”
“Russia is not interested in conflicts. We are always in favor of dialogue. No problems and questions can be solved by military means. It is better to express all your claims at the negotiating table, and not by armed means. We use our weapons exclusively for defense and defense, ”the deputy stressed.
Earlier that day, the United States Navy’s Sixth Fleet released photographs of its ships in the Black Sea. The footage shows the flagship Mount Whitney, the destroyer Porter and the Turkish frigate TCG Yavuz (F 240).
On November 4, the forces and assets of the Russian Black Sea Fleet began to control the actions of the flagship of the US Navy USS Mount Whitney, which entered the Black Sea. On the way to its destination, the flagship stopped in Istanbul to later join the USS Porter, which was already in the Black Sea on November 1.
On October 30, the headquarters of the US Navy’s Sixth Fleet and NATO’s Naval Strike and Support Forces began operations in the Black and Mediterranean Seas. The US Arleigh Burke-class missile destroyer USS Porter has begun transit into the Black Sea to interact with NATO allies and partners in the region.
On the same day, a military expert, development director of the Foundation for Assistance to Technologies of the XXI Century, Ivan Konovalov, said that due to the actions of US and NATO ships in the Black Sea, an extremely dangerous incident could occur, for which Moscow must be prepared. The specialist noted that the actions of the allies in the Black Sea region “have intensified to the limit.”
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