Russia shadows USS Donald Cook as it returns to Black Sea
COURTESY OF YORUK ISIK
By SCOTT WYLAND | STARS AND STRIPES Published: February 19, 2019
The USS Donald Cook transited the Dardanelles Strait on Tuesday en route to its second Black Sea operation in a month as Russia again shadows the ship amid growing tensions between Moscow and the West.
The Arleigh Burke-class destroyer made a port stop last month in Batumi, Georgia, and conducted an exercise with two of that country’s coast guard vessels, while the Russian navy watched. The destroyer’s last visit to the Black Sea was in late January.
Moscow’s state news agency Tass reported Tuesday that the Russian Black Sea Fleet was “continuously tracking†the Donald Cook’s movements.
https://www.stripes.com/russia-shadows-uss-donald-cook-as-it-returns-to-black-sea-1.569292
