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Turkey Closes Bosphorus, Dardanelles Straits to Warships

Guided-missile destroyer USS Donald Cook (DDG-75) transits the Bosphorus Strait en route to the Black Sea on Aug. 28, 2015. US Navy Photo

Turkey has closed off the Bosphorus and Dardanelles straits to warships from any country, whether or not they border the Black Sea, following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

The strait closures will still allow warships through if they are returning to a home base in the Black Sea, according to reporting from Naval News. This would include Russian ships in the...

https://news.usni.org/2022/02/28/turkey-closes-bosphorus-dardanelles-straits-to-warships

Destroyer USS Arleigh Burke Operating in Black Sea After Bulgaria Port Visit

USS Arleigh Burke (DDG-51) transits the Atlantic Ocean on Nov. 25, 2021. US Navy Photo

A U.S. Navy destroyer is currently operating in the Black Sea after a port stop in Bulgaria, as tensions between the U.S. and Russia simmer.

USS Arleigh Burke (DDG-51) moved through the Bosphorus, arriving in the Black Sea on Thursday, U.S. 6th Fleet said in a news release last week.

The destroyer made a stop in Varna, Bulgaria, leaving the port on Sunday to continue operating in the waters, 6th Fleet said in a...

https://news.usni.org/2021/11/29/destroyer-uss-arleigh-burke-operating-in-black-sea-after-bulgaria-port-visit

Navy Destroyer and Cruiser Leave Black Sea After Exercising with NATO Allies

Sailors man the rails as the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Monterey (CG 61) departs Constanta, Romania, March 23, 2021. Monterey is operating with the IKE Carrier Strike Group on a routine deployment in the U.S. Sixth Fleet area of operations. US Navy photo.

A U.S Navy guided-missile destroyer and guided-missile cruiser left the Black Sea this week following drills with NATO allies.

The Navy announced cruiser USS Monterey (CG-61) and destroyer USS Thomas Hudner (DDG-116) moved into...

https://news.usni.org/2021/03/24/navy-destroyer-and-cruiser-leave-black-sea-after-exercising-with-nato-allies

Russian Black Sea Sub Deployments to Mediterranean Could Violate Treaty

Kilo-class submarine Rostov-on-Don heading for the Mediterranean Sea. Photo by Yörük Işık‏ used with permission

The Russian Navy’s Black Sea Fleet recently has been deploying its submarines to the Mediterranean, despite a decades-old international treaty which many thought would prevent those deployments.

The Montreux Convention, agreed to in 1936, prohibits submarines from passing through the Bosporus Strait, which connects the Black Sea to the Mediterranean. There are exceptions in the treaty...

https://news.usni.org/2020/07/08/russian-black-sea-sub-deployments-to-mediterranean-could-violate-treaty

VIDEO: USS Ross Enters Black Sea, Movements Monitored by Russia

USS Ross (DDG-71) enters the Black Sea via the Bosporus on Feb. 23, 2020. Photo by Yörük Işık‏ used with permission

The Russian military is tracking the movements of USS Ross (DDG-71), which entered the Black Sea over the weekend to conduct maritime security patrols.

Ross transited north through the Bosporus Strait on Sunday, the first U.S. Navy vessel to visit the Black Sea in 2020 and the first such visit since Ross conducted a similar mission in December 2019, U.S. 6th Fleet announced.

“With...

https://news.usni.org/2020/02/24/video-uss-ross-enters-black-sea-movements-monitored-by-russia