US ships in the Black Sea are a horror story for ordinary people, but not for the Russian Black Sea Fleet
The United States has been present in the Black Sea region for a long time and the appearance of two US Navy ships in the Black Sea will not affect the situation in any way.
The head of the All-Ukrainian Association of Submariner Veterans, Sergei Shabovta, told a PolitNavigator correspondent about this, commenting on a statement by a representative of the US Department of Defense on CNN.
The US military said that “the United States is considering the possibility of transferring ships as a sign of support for Kiev amid the growing Russian military presence near the eastern border of Ukraine,” and “the use of ships at this time will be a sign to Moscow that Washington is closely monitoring the development of the situation.”
“The Montreux Convention gives the right to ships of countries that are not states of the Black Sea basin to be in the Black Sea, subject to the procedure for filing applications, etc. No one can prohibit US Navy ships from appearing in the Black Sea.
There is no need to overestimate their presence in the Black Sea from the point of view of some kind of control of the situation, etc. Modern technical means make it possible to obtain a sufficient amount of reliable information even without being in the Black Sea basin. NATO members include countries in the region such as Turkey, Bulgaria and Romania and they are also sources of information.
It is not worth considering that the next appearance of US ships in the Black Sea is some kind of special signal. Such statements are made for ordinary people. The Americans have long entered the Black Sea with the Sea Breeze exercises, and when these exercises began, this was also considered something extraordinary. You need to take such things calmly.
In addition, those who deal with issues of military expertise understand what a colossal resource, including intelligence, Russia has concentrated on the Crimean Peninsula. Everything from Crimea is monitored, and everything that would pose a real threat will cause an appropriate reaction, and the Americans have no illusions about this,” the expert concluded.
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