Black Sea Fleet

Six-Ship Russian Navy Amphibious Group, Attack Sub Approach Black Sea as Warships Mass in the Mediterranean

Ropucha-class ships tank landing ship RFS Kaliningrad (102) enters the Dardanelles Strait on Feb. 8, 2021. Photo by Yörük Işık‏ used with permission

A group of six Russian warships capable of landing tanks and troops ashore are nearing the entrance to the Black Sea, as the Russian Navy begins to mass ships in the Mediterranean, according to Tuesday morning photos of the warships provided to USNI News.

Three Ropucha-class tank landing ships – RFS Minsk (127), RFS Korolev (130) and RFS Kaliningrad

https://news.usni.org/2022/02/08/six-ship-russian-navy-amphibious-group-attack-sub-approach-black-sea-as-warships-mass-in-the-mediterranean

U.S.-Ukraine Sea Breeze Exercise Starts as Russian Black Sea Fleet Holds Snap Drills

USS Porter (DDG-78) enters the Black Sea on July 19, 2020. Photo by Yörük Işık‏ used with permission

Naval drills led by the U.S. and Ukraine kicked off today in the Black Sea, while Russia called for a series of nearby snap naval drills.

Sea Breeze, the bilateral U.S.-Ukraine maritime exercise, kicked off its 20th series on Monday.

“It started in 1997, and for the Ukrainian side, this [was] the main tool for entering NATO,” Rear Adm. Oleksiy Neizhpapa, commander of the Ukrainian Navy, said via a...

https://news.usni.org/2020/07/20/u-s-ukraine-sea-breeze-exercise-starts-as-russian-black-sea-fleet-holds-snap-drills

VIDEO: Russian Warship Takes ‘Aggressive’ Action Against U.S. Destroyer

Russian surveillance ship Ivar Khurs makes ‘aggressive’ move against USS Farragut (DDG-99). US Navy Image

A Russian warship made an aggressive move toward a U.S. guided-missile destroyer operating in the North Arabian Sea on Thursday, U.S. Navy officials told USNI News.

USS Farragut (DDG-99) was operating as part of the Truman Carrier Strike Group when the Russian surveillance ship Ivan Khurs approached the destroyer from the aft, according to a video released by U.S. 5th Fleet.

“Farragut sounded...

https://news.usni.org/2020/01/10/video-russian-warship-takes-aggressive-action-against-u-s-destroyer

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