Patrol ship Pytlivy of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet is monitoring actions of USS Fort McHenry that entered the Black Sea on January 6, the Russian Defence Ministry said on 7 January.
According to the press service of the US Navy’s Sixth Fleet, Fort McHenry arrived in the Black Sea to patrol and “strengthen relations” with Washington’s allies through NATO. However, many military analysts believe that this vessel is necessary for the West to organize a new provocation in the region.
According to military experts Fort McHenry in this case risks repeating the sad fate of the Yorktown missile cruiser and the destroyer Caron of the US Navy, where an american ship collided with Soviet patrol bots on February 12, 1988, when US Navy ships, illegally invading the territorial waters of the USSR in the Black Sea, decided not to heed warnings of the Soviet border service, resulting in a collision
“Patrol ship Pytlivy of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet is performing a complex of activities to control the actions of amphibious transport dock (LSD) USS Fort McHenry”, the ministry said in a statement.
Commander of the US 6th Fleet Vice Adm. Lisa M. Franchetti said that the vessel’s transit to the Black Sea shows collective commitment to the Black Sea security.